Presenter Mr Adam Carlon Counsellor Education Kuala Lumpur

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Presenter Mr Adam CarlonCounsellor (Education)
Kuala Lumpur
Co-contributors
South Southeast Asia
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SSEA Share of Enrolments
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Growth Summary
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GFC Impact on SSEA
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South Asia

• Impact on demand
• India
• Enormous and growing student market
• Domestic capacity constraints
• 43 growth projection
• Nepal
• DIAC acceptable financial institution reduction
• Flattened growth, maintaining student numbers
• Sri Lanka
• 21 overall growth, primarily in VET
• Continued growth expected

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Singapore

• Impact on demand
• Local training providers will benefit
• Transnational programs will still remain popular
  as Singaporeans and third country nationals seek
  to upgrade qualifications
• International student visa applications to study
  in Singapore increased 12.7 in 2008
• Expectation that student enrolments from
  Singapore will remain steady
• Still top 5 source country for higher education
  enrolments

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Indonesia

• Impact on demand
• 23 increase in commencements
• International qualifications with work experience
  increases employability
• Value for money will favour Australia
• Current growth is expected to continue, but
  competition will intensify
• Significant competition from US, UK, Canada,
  Holland, Singapore, Malaysia and China
• Major government (MIKTI) scholarship program to
  continue

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Vietnam

• Impact on demand
• High growth rates will continue at least until
  2010
• Minister of Education indicated there will be no
  cuts to the education budget
• Future workforce planning will require
  technicians and skilled workers
• Poor quality, lack of confidence and limited
  capacity in domestic tertiary system
• The US and UK are significantly increasing market
  presence
• Singapore, Malaysia and Korea are also
  increasingly competing for market share

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Data Source AEI (Pivot_All_Detailed (Dec 2008
Data).xls)
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Thailand

• Impact on demand
• Thais still likely to be able to afford an
  international education
• Concerns with local university quality will
  continue to see Australian universities as an
  attractive option
• The Prime Minister has encouraged Thais to
  further their studies in order to contribute to
  the business and industrial sectors when the
  economy rebounds
• US and UK continue to enjoy prestige status
• Singapore, Malaysia, China and India are also
  competitors
• New Zealand is very active in the schools sector

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Malaysia

• Impact on demand
• Significant growth to continue in HE postgraduate
  (coursework and research) and VET
• Possibly also ELICOS
• Possible higher growth in transnational
  enrolments, with particular potential in the VET
  sector
• UK, US, NZ and Ireland have significantly
  increased market activity
• Estimated growth in the range of 3-5

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Challenges

• Increasing competitor activity
• Increasing domestic undergraduate provision
• Perceptions of quality
• Student experience (inc. work opportunities)

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Opportunities

• Education elements of stimulus packages
• Preparation for better times emerging labour
  market needs
• Regional outreach beyond capital cities
• Regionalisation of higher education an Asian
  Bologna Process?
• Mobility and exchange

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Strategic focus

• Develop a clear country strategy
• More sophisticated in-country engagement
• Relationship management
• Government endorsement
• Universities and training providers
• Agents
• alumni

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Strategic focus

• Diversifying strategies fields of education and
  sectors
• Research promotion and engagement
• Developing employer links internships, work
  experience and employability