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International universities eye Nepal’s high student mobility

The PIE News

According to Acumen, Nepal Rising helped the universities gain deeper insights into the South Asian countrys K-12 market, transnational education space and government regulations in the education sector, and also encouraged engagement with over 35 Nepali counsellors and agents. said Shrestha.

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India explores initiatives to promote special visas for int’l students

The PIE News

Launched in August 2023 by the Ministry of Education, the SII portal attracted over 72,218 students from 200 countries for the academic year 2024/25, according to a report by The Times of India. million and 2 million, UGC has spearheaded policies aimed at internationalisation in Indias higher education sector.

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Saudi-US partnerships set to power Vision 2030 Goals

The PIE News

On the heels of the first Saudi-US Higher Education Partnerships Forum, co-organised by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education, the US Embassy, and IIE, and held in Riyadh, The PIE sat down with Michael Ratney, US ambassador to Saudi Arabia to explore the evolving landscape of educational collaboration between the two nations.

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Cultivating global learner ownership from high school to higher education

The PIE News

This can range from using STEM skills to create solutions for issues around climate change, in the fields of medicine and engineering, or in the productive use of artificial intelligence – to the societal and economic challenges of a globalised society, where world conflict and economic distress can be felt across borders.

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Australia-bound Nepalese students face record high visa rejections

The PIE News

Despite 17,000 students being granted visas for higher education last year, the number dropped to 8,000 in 2024. With outbound student mobility from Nepal figuring among the highest in the world, at 19%, Nepalese students require an NOC from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology before studying abroad.

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Russia: int’l student numbers ‘grow’ despite war

The PIE News

About 400,000 foreign students study at Russian universities currently attracted by among other things affordable fees, plus over 1,200 programs in Medicine, Engineering, Economics and Humanities taught in Russian, English or French, Asya Manvelyan, student services manager – department of Middle East and Southern Africa at Racus, said.

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Ukraine faces an academic crisis (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

According to the Ukrainian government, 70 percent of its population has secondary or higher education. Ukraine's education system heavily focuses on the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. As a result, many educational institutions have switched to remote forms of education.