There are ten days before the 2007 college entrance examination. The reporter learned from the education department that there will be 270,000 candidates in our province this year, the highest in history. The competition is more intense, which will mean that it is difficult for most students to enter the university. The reality is so cruel. 12 How can studying hard at a cold window pay off? In recent years, many candidates and parents have turned their attention to studying abroad. Recently, the reporter visited the study abroad service center of the Provincial Department of Education, and learned from the study abroad service institutions such as Jiahua Shida, Aussie and Boxing that although the candidates are still nervously reviewing their lessons for the big exam, some parents have entered the study abroad institutions and chosen another way for their children.

Witness the busy turn of study abroad institutions.

On May 14, when the reporter interviewed in the Service Center for Overseas Students in the High-tech Talent Market of the Provincial Personnel Department, Lu, the head of the overseas study service department, was busy answering the telephone call and introduced the situation to the reporter. During this period, three parents came to consult about studying abroad. Lu said that a few years ago, after the college entrance examination, some parents came to consult their children about going abroad. However, this year's situation is a bit abnormal. As soon as the Spring Festival is over, people keep coming to the door, and in recent days, they have been receiving it from morning till night.

Coincidentally, when the reporter wanted to interview the person in charge of Gansu Boxing Study Abroad Service Co., Ltd., he couldn't do it several times because there were too many parents to consult. The person in charge of the Gansu office of Beijing Aoji Education Consulting Co., Ltd. is busy, and the interview needs to be made two days in advance. When the reporter interviewed in the study abroad center of the Provincial Department of Education, many parents came to consult about studying abroad.

It is said that the number of students studying abroad will continue to rise.

Zhou Li, director of the Service Center for Studying Abroad of the Provincial Department of Education, said that in recent years, the competition for the college entrance examination has become increasingly fierce, and studying abroad has opened up a green channel for many students who have the ability and willingness to receive international higher education. In recent years, some countries in Northern Europe, Eastern Europe and South America have signed bilateral educational exchange agreements with China, promising to open their educational markets to each other, which has given China students many new opportunities in choosing their destination countries. In addition, various training institutions have sprung up in China in recent years, including many minority language training courses, which has created conditions for students who wish to study in various minority language countries. Therefore, the number of people studying abroad will continue to rise in recent years.

The cost in Malaysia is only 30,000 yuan per year.

In the face of more and more China students, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and other countries that take education as their industries have adopted a positive attitude and introduced more preferential policies to attract China students. At the same time, in the new year, many emerging countries have appeared in the overseas education market.

In an interview with reporters, Lu said that with the improvement of people's living standards, studying abroad is no longer just as simple as going to college or graduate school. At present, some foreign universities have gradually adjusted their enrollment direction, turning their attention to younger China students and enrolling students from grade 7 to 12 (equivalent to 1 grade 3 in China).

Zhang Ying, general manager of Gansu Boxing Study Abroad Service Company, told the reporter that for students in Gansu, they mostly choose Asian countries, mainly because of low cost and convenient transportation. At present, among Asian countries, the lowest cost of studying abroad is Malaysia, and the annual tuition fee is only about 30 thousand yuan; Followed by South Korea, 30,000 to 40,000 yuan; Singapore's public institutions are 40,000 to 50,000 yuan per year, and private institutions are only 30,000 to 40,000 yuan; The most expensive tuition in Japan is 60,000 to 90,000 per year. Compared with the price of 6.5438+10,000-200,000 yuan a year in Europe and America, Asian and African countries with lower study expenses have become the first choice for Gansu students.

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The study abroad market in Gansu in 2007 can be summarized in one sentence, that is: where did you study abroad? Blind age? Orientation? The age of reason? . In the interview, the reporter found that this change benefited from the opening of the market and the development of information, making information exchange possible. In the early days of reform and opening up, the mainstream of studying abroad was that on-the-job personnel were sent abroad to study, and the study abroad programs were mainly for masters and doctors. Nowadays, with the development of economy and the improvement of people's living standards, studying abroad at one's own expense has become the mainstream of the study abroad market, especially more and more recent high school graduates have become the main force of studying abroad.

Students in Gansu are valued by foreign universities.

Yesterday, the reporter specially contacted Zuo Gang, president of Nuojia International Education of Beijing Foreign Studies University. He believes that the current study abroad market has shown a diversified pattern, and competition among overseas institutions has intensified. They are making great efforts in studying abroad environment, studying abroad policy, visa qualification examination and so on, and have successively introduced preferential tuition policies suitable for China families and courses and majors suitable for China students.

From the perspective of projects, in the face of the growing cake of China's study abroad market, many non-English-speaking countries have also thrown out various study abroad projects and policy inclinations suitable for China students, and the cost of studying abroad has become more and more transparent, so as to attract more students to study abroad. According to the characteristics of students in Gansu, Nuojia International School will launch five or six high-quality study abroad programs in Argentina, France, Britain and Canada this year. These projects are bilateral projects that implement the inter-governmental agreement on mutual benefit in education. They have great preferential policies in terms of visas and tuition fees, and give priority to enrollment quotas.

In addition, the Netherlands has promulgated a new code of conduct for higher education institutions; Britain proposes to apply for living and working for one year with a master's degree; Many well-known universities, such as the University of Maryland, Smith Business School and Cambridge University, have indicated that they will come up with some preferential policies for enrollment this year, and they are eager for more China students to continue their studies. In addition to some foreign universities, some vocational education institutions and middle schools have also begun to seek students in China to meet the choices of parents of students at different levels.

When talking about the current situation of the study abroad market in Gansu, Zuo Gang, a teacher with more than ten years' experience in studying abroad, said that the study abroad market in Gansu, which was once blocked by information and developed slowly, has shown a good development momentum since 2006 and has become a relatively high-quality emerging market in China. Gansu students are also paid more and more attention by universities all over the world. The reason for these favorable phenomena is that the quality of students is stable and increasing year by year. Compared with the students in other economically developed cities, most students in Gansu are diligent, practical and hard-working, have a clear purpose of studying abroad, and have achieved good academic results in all aspects during their school years.

Highlights non-English-speaking universities are popular.

Faced with a lot of information about studying abroad, parents of Gansu students are more rational and mature in their choices. Yin Kai, vice president of Jiahua Shida International Education Exchange Co., Ltd., the China Service Center for Studying Abroad, said in a telephone interview that at present, besides the United States, Britain, Australia and other countries, there are also some emerging countries competing for China students? Go in the battlefield.

Art majors and science and engineering majors in non-English-speaking countries in Europe such as France, Germany and Italy are very popular and have become eye-catching majors in studying abroad. Compared with the high cost of studying abroad in European and American universities, Asian countries have attracted many international students with the advantages of relatively low tuition fees, relaxed admission conditions and vocational courses. South Korea, which leads the world in animation design and beauty salons, is strong in education and vocational training of related majors, attracting many foreign students to study. According to statistics, between 1 and1in 2006, as many as 1 1 787 China students studied in Malaysia, an increase of 20% over 2005. In addition, many international colleges and universities in Thailand are doing enrollment promotion in China, which has become a highlight of the study abroad market this year.

According to insiders, as more and more universities from other countries compete for China students, the advantages of British and American universities in the past are no longer obvious, and diversification has become a trend for China students to study abroad.