Yogyakarta, June 11 -- The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology has encouraged universities to enhance the appeal of the country's higher education sector to attract more international students through the Developing Countries Partnership Scholarship (KNB).

The KNB scholarship is expected to serve as a catalyst for introducing the quality of Indonesian education while strengthening campus internationalization.

Director of Institutional Affairs at the Ministry, Mukhamad Najib, said higher education is a strategic instrument for attracting foreign students, citing the success of Australia and Malaysia in drawing hundreds of thousands of international students despite government scholarships not being the dominant source o...