Melbourne:
In a possible amendment as proposed by a former Liberal leader, Australian colleges could be asked to restrict the number of foreign students intake apart from limiting enrollment from a single country.
In a review paper released on Wednesday, which was a part of a review of the education sector conducted by former Liberal MP Bruce Baird, it was suggested "a heavy concentration of international students, particularly from a single country" could lead to a poorer student experience.
"And the review was an opportunity to consider whether a regulatory mechanism for ensuring diversity would be desirable," it was said, according to 'The Age' on Thursday.
Baird's suggestion, however, failed to receive positive response from various quarters of Australian education industry, the daily noted.
According to Andrew Smith, chief executive of Australian Council for Private Education and Training, such an amendment was not needed.
"We've got a pretty robust set of standards at the moment and what we need to concentrate on first of all is making sure we enforce those standards properly, before we start looking for new rules," he said.
"The other thing that we have to be very careful of is getting too far into the business of dictating to people how they will operate their business," he added.