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Australia sees increase in overseas high-school students

Xinhua, May 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

High school students are increasingly being sent to Australia to finish their secondary education, Fairfax Media reported Tuesday.

New South Wales (NSW) state public school data shows new, full- fee paying international student enrollments have increased by 25 percent in 12 months.

Of the 3,386 full-fee paying international students studying in NSW, Chinese students now make a 60 percent majority.

A spokesman for the NSW department of education and community told Fairfax Media this growth has followed a change to visa regulations in 2014.

"The change permitted younger students from year 7 to obtain a school sector student visa," the spokesman said. "Previously, students from China had to complete junior secondary school (year 9) before they could apply for a student visa to attend high school in Australia."

Annual education fees for international students range from 10, 500 Australian dollars (8,386 U.S. dollars) for elementary school students to 14,000 Australian dollars (11,183 U.S. dollars) for students in grades 11 and 12, on top of associated living costs. Endi