According to the survey conducted by the British Council, the students leaving their home country for higher education to abroad has decreased in number. The reason behind this change is that there has been increase in the number of local investors for higher education, in many countries. Earlier, students’ preferred to go abroad for higher studies due to lack of quality education at home. A recent study shows that globally the number of outbound students is anticipated to rise by 1.7 % annually, from 2015 to 2027, a sharp slowdown of the 5.7% annual growth between 2000 to 2015.
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