Overseas student numbers down at NZ tertiary schools

Overseas tertiary students in New Zealand -- 30 percent of them from China -- are paying more for their education while their overall numbers decline, the New Zealand government revealed Friday.
Overall international student numbers were down 3 percent, driven by a 10-percent fall in private training establishments, in the first four months this year, according to a report on the country's international education sector.
However, tertiary education institutions saw international fees rise by 25 million NZ dollars (19.57 million U.S. dollars) to hit 404 million NZ dollars in the year to the end of June, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce said in a statement. Read more...