Foreign Students in the philippines

The foreign students for AY 2000-2001 has an aggregate of 2,323 of which, Americans have the highest number with 452 or 19.45 percent; followed by Korean students with 394 or 16.96 percent, then by Taiwanese with 325 or 13.99 percent. (Table 6).

Table 6.    Number of Foreign Students by Academic Year

Academic Year	No. of Foreign Students
1994-1995	4,791
1995-1996	5,284
1996-1997	4,864
1997-1998	4,419
1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001	3,516             2,602             2,323

The number of foreign students studying in the country shows a declining trend.  The decline can be attributed to the implementation of E.O. 423, series of 1997 where conversion of tourist visa to student visa is prohibited.
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