Little-known aspiring education hubs
Recently, Edudemic posted a list of ten cities aspiring to make a name for themselves as future education hubs. There were a few places you would expect to find on the list such as Dubai, Kuala Lumpur,...
View ArticleMarket Snapshot: Sri Lanka
A jewel-like island, Sri Lanka sits in the centre of the Indian Ocean between Africa and East Asia. Their education system is a source of pride, and Sri Lanka has much to offer students – its own as...
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Global language survey links English proficiency to economic and social...
Countries with higher levels of English-language skills also have stronger economies, and their citizens enjoy higher per capita income levels and a higher quality of life. These are some of the...
View ArticleSurprise Sri Lankan election result promises new education ties and investment
The surprise victory of Maithripala Sirisena in Sri Lanka’s presidential election last month, along with early indications of pending reforms, have raised high expectations among students, education...
View ArticleIncome growth continues to drive demand for study abroad in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has all the hallmarks of an important emerging market for international education. Roughly four in ten Sri Lankans are under 24 years of age, and the country is projected to have one of the...
View ArticleRecruiting in Sri Lanka
Nobody is entirely sure how many Sri Lankan students go abroad each year, but the feeling among some observers is that the official counts offered by important data sources such as UNESCO tend to...
View ArticleEconomic crisis at home pressures Sri Lankan students abroad
The Sri Lankan economy is in crisis. Inflation is soaring with food prices increasing by a dizzying 30% in March alone. The national currency, the rupee, has plunged in value against the US dollar and...
View ArticleHigher education supply-demand gap a major driver of Sri Lankan outbound...
In 2018, the British Council predicted that outbound mobility from Sri Lanka would exceed 32,000 students by 2027, not least because of the country’s rapidly expanding college-aged population and...
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