The enrolment of first-time graduate students from India has registered a 16 per cent decline in comparison to last year while that of China has increased by the same level, says a latest report. “First-time enrolment of students increased by 16 per cent from China and by 22 per cent from the Middle East. However, there was a 16 per cent decline from India and 13 per cent decline from South Korea,” the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has said in its report. India sends one of the largest numbers of international students to the US for higher studies along with China and South Korea and the sharp drop of 16 per cent, follows two years of modest decline, two per cent in 2008 and eight per cent in 2007. The report also pointed that there was no growth in first-time enrolment of international students in the US graduate schools from 2008 to 2009

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The enrolment of first-time graduate students from India has registered a 16 per cent decline  in comparison to last year while that of China has increased by the same level, says a latest report. “First-time enrolment of students increased by 16 per cent from China and by 22 per cent from the Middle East. However, there was a 16 per cent decline from India and 13 per cent decline from South Korea,” the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has said in its report. India sends one of the largest numbers of international students to the US for higher studies along with China and South Korea and the sharp drop of 16 per cent, follows two years of modest decline, two per cent in 2008 and eight per cent in 2007. The report also pointed that there was no growth in first-time enrolment of international students in the US graduate schools from 2008 to 2009

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Correct Answer is : The overall number of first-time enrolment of international students in US graduate schools has remained static with the Middle East showing growth and Asian countries reflecting a mixed trend.

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