Britain tries to attract more Indonesian students<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Representatives from British universities and
\ncolleges were in Jakarta over the weekend in the hope of
\nattracting more Indonesians to study in Britain.<\/p>\n
Because of a lack of information on British colleges and
\nuniversities, only 2,000 Indonesians are currently studying in
\nBritain, said Peggy Slamet of the British Council's education
\ncounseling service.<\/p>\n
The United States, however, claims to have nearly 12,000
\nIndonesians studying there while Australia is host to 6,000 or
\nmore, Peggy said during the 1996 British Education Exhibition
\nlast Saturday.<\/p>\n
Singapore, New Zealand and Malaysia are other popular
\ndestinations for Indonesian students.<\/p>\n
\"Britain has to compete with Australia, which is
\ngeographically closer, and the United States, which entered the
\nIndonesian market earlier and is therefore, to a certain extent,
\nmore popular,\" Peggy said.<\/p>\n
About 52 representatives from British colleges and
\nuniversities are in town to attract prospective Indonesian
\nstudents, whose numbers continue to grow.<\/p>\n
After Jakarta, the same exhibition will be held in Bandung and
\nSurabaya. Earlier in Medan, North Sumatra, the exhibition
\nattracted more than 600 prospective students.<\/p>\n
\"The fact that university representatives come and continue to
\ncome every year indicates that exhibiting in Indonesia is
\nworthwhile,\" Peggy said.<\/p>\n
However, the number of participants at the exhibitions in
\nIndonesia was lower than those universities that visited earlier
\nexhibitions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia or
\nSingapore.<\/p>\n
\"The participants say the exhibition expenses in Indonesia,
\nespecially Jakarta, are higher. They also are not familiar with
\nthe market here,\" Peggy said.<\/p>\n
She said, however, that she is convinced more foreign
\nuniversities and colleges will come and hold exhibitions here
\nonce they are aware that more than 25,000 Indonesians are
\nstudying abroad.<\/p>\n
Annual tuition fees and living expenses in Britain, according
\nto the British Education handbook, are between 10,000
\npoundsterling (US$15,190) and 12,000 pounds for undergraduate
\nstudies and between 13,000 pounds and 15,000 pounds for post-
\ngraduate studies.<\/p>\n
In the U.S., annual tuition fees and living expenses range
\nbetween US$8,000 to $14,000 for undergraduate studies at public
\nuniversities, and between $10,000 and $17,000 for postgraduate
\nstudies.<\/p>\n
\"Unlike master's programs in other countries, which take up to
\ntwo years to complete, in Britain they can be completed in only
\none year,\" Peggy said.<\/p>\n
She said that most Indonesians studying in Britain are getting
\npostgraduate degrees. \"In 1995, from the 1,300 Indonesians who
\nwent to study in Britain, more than 700 took postgraduate
\nstudies,\" she said. (31)<\/p>",
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