New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Canadian government has urged universities and colleges to broaden their scope for international student recruitment beyond India, which is currently the largest source of students for study permits. This comes as part of a new strategy to increase diversity in the student body and reduce dependency on one country.

"I would say universities and colleges have been going to one or two source countries and constantly going back to the well on that, and we expect the diversity of students," Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Marc Miller, said during a recent interaction in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), as reported by Hindustan Times.

While recognising India as an important contributor of in...