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Saturday, March 17, 2012

There will be nearly 30,000 Nigerian students in the UK By 2015, says Member of British Parliament

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 09:22 AM PDT

'30,000 Nigerians to study in UK by 2015' As the need for adaptive measures to global competition increases, Nigerian students are ever willing to take the necessary steps to meet the need for the global market. This is evident as more and more students struggle to study abroad in developed countries like UK, USA, Australia and other countries with more advanced education system. In a two-day seminar entitled 'Nigeria/UK Best Practice in education', Mr. Iain Stewart, a member of the British Parliament, said that about 30,000 Nigerian students would be studying in various universities across the United Kingdom by 2015. On whatever bases this prediction was made is not clarified; however it suggests the rate of increase in the number of Nigerian students going to study in UK every year. This number account for seven per cent (7%) of the total UK university population which, according to Stewart, this is a very significant number. The seminar was organised by Focus Learning Support (FLS) in collaboration with Global Development Partnerships, Sodji Sports Foundation and the University of East London at the Westminster. The international students market in UK is said to be worth nearly 10 billion pounds. The United Kingdom has [...]

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