A total of 59,240 international students arrived in Australia in January this year, a 111 percent increase compared to the same month last year, when some 28,030 students entered the country, new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
Despite this rise, the number of international students has yet to reach the pre-pandemic levels and has decreased by 34,4 percent compared to 2019, Erudera.com reports.
Of all students entering the country in January, the majority (30,250) are enrolled in higher education institutions, up from 19,770 in January of the previous year. That is an increase of 53 percent over the period.
Some 13,610 students from abroad are now in Australia’s vocational education and training, followed by 4,960 in schools and 4,250 in the ELICOS sector (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students). Additionally, Australian higher education institutions welcomed 3,080 postgraduate students at the beginning of this year.
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