NZ plan to double foreign international student market
The New Zealand government has issued a plan to double the international education market with relaxing rules around part -time international students.
Educational Minister Erica Stanford, since 2023 with the continuous increase in international student records, the government until 2034 “This growth path to $ 7.2 billion (A6.58 billion), he said he wanted to charge.
“In the short term, New Zealand training will focus on markets with the highest growth potential,” he added.
New Zealand’s international education market is currently worth $ 3.6 billion to the economy, and the government wants to double it in the next decade and want to see that international student records have grown from 83,700 to 2027 to 105,000 in 2024 and to 119,000.
This comes as it tries to reduce foreign students due to the impact of countries, including Australia on housing prices and the impact on university experience for local students.
In order to encourage more foreign students to come to New Zealand, the government plans to increase the number of hours where appropriate international students can work from 20 hours to 25 hours and expand which foreign students are allowed to work in New Zealand.
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