Ministry aims to boost foreign student numbers

A proposal to increase foreign student numbers in Taiwan to about 58,000 over three years includes a focus on curricula designed for the region, writes Sean Lin for the Taipei Times.

The Ministry of Education is seeking to increase the number of foreign students in Taiwan by 30,000 by 2019 under the government’s ‘new southbound policy’, Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung said.

The ministry has allocated TW$1 billion (US$31.4 million) to work towards three ‘new southbound policy’ goals, Pan said at an Education and Culture Committee policy meeting.
The ministry has set aside TW$770 million to further train people who specialise in trade management and have a comprehensive understanding of Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures and languages, he said.
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