The graphs below show the enrolments of overseas students and local students in Australian universities between 1989 and 1999.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
The provided two graphs denote student enrolment patterns over a ten-year period, from 1989-1999, in Australian universities. The first graph illustrates the overseas student enrolments and the second one shows the local student admissions.
A glance at the first graph clearly shows that new overseas students continued to enrol in Australian universities. In 1999 there were approximately 80,000 immigrant learners [around half of whom were new enrolments). The rate of increase in the figure of overseas scholars had been dramatic, doubling every five years, from just under 9,000 in 1989, to 20,000 in 1994 which tripled in 1996 and then became over 80,000 in 1999.
Probing further, the local student population was around 600,000 in 1999 with just 200,000 of these being new students. This was just 33% of the total local pupils. It was a significant reduction from 50% a decade ago, when the total local student population was 400,000 out of which approximately 200,000 were new students. The trends clearly indicate that growth in the ratio of students was obtained more from the migrated pupils but not from local students.
Overall, the two provided line graphs clearly signify escalated demand for Australian university education by overseas students [increasing 400%] with significantly smaller surge by local scholars (just 50%) in the given time period.
