Student Loans in Higher Education

Student loans in higher education

2. Asia

Report of an HEP educational forum by Maureen Woodhall

Paris 1991 International Institute for Educational Planning (Established by Unesco)

Student loans in higher education

T h e views and opinions expressed in this volume are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Unesco or of the H E P . T h e designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of Unesco or H E P concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries. T h e costs of the educational forum and of this report have been covered through a grant-in-aid offered by Unesco and voluntary contributions m a d e by several M e m b e r States of Unesco, the list of which will be found at the end of this volume.

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©Unesco 1991

Contents

Preface Executive summary Report of an H E P educational forum I. IL III. IV. A. Introduction S u m m a r y of the forum discussion B a c k g r o u n d orientation paper Annexes Summaries of student support systems I. Australia II. People's Republic of China III. Hong Kong IV. India V. Indonesia VI. Japan

VII. The Republic of Korea

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VIII. IX. X. XI. B.

Malayasia Philippines Singapore Thailand

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Participants in the forum

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Preface

This booklet is the second of a series which is reporting o n Educational Forums being organized by the IIEP on the issue of student loans in higher education. T h efirstbooklet, published in 1990, examined the situation in Europe and the U S A . T h e present booklet reports o n an educational forum held in Malaysia in November...