Consumer reports on quality education agencies in Beijing are set to be released by the China Consumer Commission following a first of its kind audit commissioned by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission of the 71 state-licensed education agencies operating in China’s capital.
You can see most Chinese students score high marks in the IELTS and the TOEFL exam. Their ability seems mismatched with what they have scored. We are not saying that our score is false, but China is attached to examinations.
China's largest agency association has begun an evaluation process that will help to regulate agencies in China. BOSSA is receiving government support to fund the inspection process and the outcome of its first round of assessments, focusing on Beijing-based agencies, will be published in March 2014.
Representatives from China's largest agencies' association met with UK educational establishments at a series of events organised by UK Work Study (UKWS) in partnership with Beijing Overseas Study Service Association this week. The event was the first of its kind for Chinese agents in the UK.
China's position as a study destination will be solidified in October, when more than 200 Chinese and Western institutions convene at the country's first ever conference promoting in-bound mobility. China wants to increase international enrolments from 250,000 to 500,000 by 2020—a number the Beijing Overseas Study Service Association (BOSSA) says is easily reachable.
The most recent China International Education Exhibition Tour staged in various cities in China attracted tens of thousands of Chinese students interested in studying abroad, and was a great platform for BOSSA, the Beijing-based agency association.
BOSSA, China’s largest association for small study abroad agencies, has launched the COSSA alliance, which it hopes will become the first ever national agency association in China. Vice president Xuewen E said national coordination was needed as smaller agencies faced growing competition from bigger agency chains and new regulation.
In a move that could shake the agent sector, China is to launch a "permanent" student fair in Shanghai next June where overseas institutions can recruit Chinese students directly all year round. The IEEC centre will host 800-1,000 schools...
