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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (549)	8/28/2003 12:32:35 AM
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Mission on way to China to boost student numbers 28 August 2003 A high-powered team is to visit China in an attempt to restore the flow of fee-paying students and the image of New Zealand's education system. The mission hopes to reverse negative media coverage within China which claimed New Zealand was anti-Asian and that 20 Chinese students attending New Zealand schools had died over the past six months. The Beijing mission will be led by Education Minister Trevor Mallard and includes Qualifications Review Authority (NZQA) chief executive Karen Van Rooyen, Secretary for Education Howard Fancy, Education Review Office chief review officer Karen Sewell. Mr Mallard said dates for the mission had not been set but the trip would take place "soon". It followed a meeting with Chinese ambassador Chen Mingming two weeks ago. The team would meet the Chinese education minister and officials to offer reassurances and get insight into the image problem. Chinese students to New Zealand made up the bulk of the 80,000 students who last year earned the export education industry $1.7 billion. Immigration New Zealand statistics show there were 18,258 visas issued to Chinese students during the 2000/2001 financial year. This figure leapt to 41,933 during 2001/2002 and to 58,554 for 2002/2003. The number of students arriving from South Korea jumped from 9041 to 19,600 over the same period. Arrivals have plummeted this year, with some English language schools reporting drop-offs of about 50 percent. The collapse in the number of Chinese students coming to New Zealand is partly responsible for the financial crisis facing one of the country's largest English language schools, the Modern Age Institute of Learning. stuff.co.nz