Malaysia stepping up efforts to woo international students

Malaysia will mount more campaigns overseas to woo international students by leveraging on the country’s established reputation as a quality education hub in the face of strong competition.
……………. We will be more aggressive next year and are planning one in China in either February or March,” said Malaysian Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed who arrived yesterday for a five-day visit to Beijing and Shanghai.………“We have about 1,000 Vietnamese studying in Malaysia but this is small because 50,000 Vietnamese students go abroad annually. We want to grow our share of the pie and the potential is there,” he said.
“There is a premium on learning English and getting a degree abroad in Vietnam. The government there is also keen on more vocational education to produce a big skilled workforce,” Mustapa added.He said Malaysia already ranked behind the United Kingdom, United States and Australia in popularity among Vietnamese students and urged more Malaysian institutions to explore partnerships in Vietnam.“We want to do better and we have our strong points too because of our proximity with Vietnam and the students can obtain UK and US degree courses in Malaysia at cheaper costs through twinning programmes,” he said.[View Full Article]