| University Enrolment Expansion Slows The Education Ministry says that the large-scale expansion of university and college enrolments since 1999 will be slowed down. The expansion rate will be no more than 4 percent in 2009, and no more than 3 percent the year after. In 1999, the government began large-scale expansion of the higher education sector. There were 1.08 million students in 1998, which shot up to 1.59 million the following year, an increase of 48 percent. By 2008, the number had reached 6 million. Although enrolment expansion has allowed more people to realize their university dream, it has affected the quality of education. Slowing down enrolment expansion is aimed at addressing this issue. |
