The Legal Evening News reported that Julie (pseudonym), who studied at Shimane University in Japan, has been in Japan for three years. Some time ago, she was very surprised to learn from the news that some universities in Japan over-enrolled students and then expelled international students regularly as a "business opportunity" to make money.
"I know that students who are seriously absent from work and work illegally in Japan have been expelled from school, but I have never heard of such a large number of students being expelled." She said, "If this is the case, you must carefully check the school information if you want to study in Japan."
According to the report of the New Overseas Chinese News Network, some private and short-term universities in Japan began to consider international students. They use the international student policy to over-enroll students, find various excuses not to provide teaching services after charging tuition fees, and even expel international students in batches, which completely regards this as a "business opportunity" and seriously damages the interests of international students.
Event "satellite classroom" enrolls too many students.
Fukui Culture University in Yamaguchi, Japan is one of the above schools. Yamaguchi Fukui Culture University is headquartered in Yamaguchi Prefecture, but has opened a "satellite classroom" in Tokyo to provide distance education. There are 606 students in this classroom, 605 of whom are international students, mainly from China. This figure is 3.5 times that of all the students in our school.
It is reported that this "distance class" provides a visa for studying abroad, and the admission fee is also cheaper than other schools. As long as the total payment exceeds 500,000 yen (about 40,000 yuan), you can enter school.
According to a statistic, since 20 1 1, Fukui Cultural University in Yamaguchi, Japan has expelled 1 10 international students from its "satellite classroom" in Tokyo, and 70 of them are missing.
According to the Japanese Chinese Herald, 1 10 international students are mainly from China. Together with its predecessor Hong International University, this school expelled nearly 200 international students from China and other countries within ten years.
According to the report of the New Overseas Chinese News Network of Japan, this school will expel a group of international students every once in a while. 20 1 1 year, they expelled more than 40 international students in the name of unpaid tuition fees and poor attendance. More than 20 students were expelled from June to April this year, and more than 50 students were expelled after May. One third of the students who were expelled after May this year are freshmen. According to the teaching progress in Japan, they have just entered school for less than half a year.
Yamaguchi Fukui Cultural University responded: "It is impossible to judge the economic situation of international students at the entrance examination stage. At the time of expulsion, many people could not contact and could not give guidance. " However, according to the teaching practice of Japanese universities, if students pay their tuition fees late, they will generally be given a buffer period, and they can postpone their tuition fees after going through the formalities.
According to Japanese media reports, this school has long had problems. Because the classroom was not up to standard, it was ordered to be rectified by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, in February this year, the Tokyo Immigration Bureau searched this "satellite classroom" and listed the expelled international students as "refugees", urging them to leave Japan as soon as possible.
Schools use policies to recruit more students and take the opportunity to make money.
It is reported that Japanese universities have been facing the problem of insufficient students in recent years, especially private universities and short-term universities.
* * * Japan's Kyodo News recently reported that a survey released by "Japan Private School Revitalization Corporation" recently showed that 46% of Japan's four-year private universities failed to meet the enrollment plan this spring, an increase of 7 percentage points over last year. This result is at the same level as the historical worst record of 47% in 2008.
As early as 2009, China accounted for more than 63% of Japanese students. In 2009, in order to attract students and boost the education economy, the Japanese government officially launched the "300,000 International Students Program". From 2009 to 2020, the number of international students in China will increase from 6.5438+0.2 million to 300,000, with the focus on attracting Japanese students.
Due to Japan's strong support for the study abroad policy, the number of Japanese students has been on the rise, but the huge study abroad market has become a profitable business opportunity for some universities.
First of all, the Japanese government has set up a special "subsidy for international students" to be distributed to Japanese universities that recruit international students according to regulations. For private universities and short-term universities that are in financial crisis due to the student crisis, money cannot be easily let go. Moreover, private universities and short-term universities can't recruit enough domestic students, and recruiting international students can not only solve the student problem, but also receive government bonuses.
Secondly, in addition to directly benefiting from the government's subsidy policy, the main way for these universities to make money is to recruit a large number of international students and make profits by charging them. Some universities take advantage of Japan's policy of encouraging study abroad, relax the examination of applicants' materials, lower the threshold for recruiting international students, turn a blind eye to some unqualified international students, and a large number of international students become their real "small coffers".
Some students study abroad during the holidays and really work.
Although there are problems in private universities and short-term universities aimed at making money, a considerable number of international students did not concentrate on their studies before studying in Japan. Their main purpose is to get a visa. This issue has been the focus of media attention in recent years.
Due to the implementation of the "300,000 International Student Program" in Japan, the visa requirements for international students have been reduced. After getting a visa, these "fake international students" will spend most of their time working instead of studying. It is understood that some Japanese schools even help students forge attendance records to create convenient conditions for their work.
"Anyway, I heard that some universities are not so good. After all, working here is very profitable. Some students have no plans to study abroad, but their visas are better. " Julie told reporters.
Remind me to know more about the school before choosing a school.
Obviously, the idea of making money for international students has done great harm to a large number of international students who want to go abroad for further study. Therefore, when choosing a school, we must be more careful to avoid falling into the trap.
The Encyclopedia of Studying Abroad in Japan compiled by Lechang Japan Co., Ltd. was listed in Xinhua Bookstore at the end of July. It is the first authoritative guide book in China that systematically introduces Japan's education system and study abroad, and introduces the enrollment data of more than 100 schools such as Tokyo University, Kyoto University and Yokohama National University. For students who want to study in Japan, they can study their target institutions from this book.
In addition, Wang Dan, an expert studying in Jinjilie, suggested that you must fully understand the relevant situation before studying in Japan, and don't blindly listen to some information about studying abroad with commercial interests, let alone listen to the propaganda that you can go to work in Japan after studying abroad, because although Japan supports the study abroad policy, it has also strengthened the examination of visa qualifications in the past two years. If you are really not sure, you can go to the Japanese Embassy in China to find out the situation.
Secondly, when studying in Japan, you must ask more questions, especially about the rules of class attendance and working time limit, which should be kept in mind, otherwise the loss will outweigh the gain. Third, try to choose a university with a good reputation, and don't choose a university that is not famous or can't find official website.
Text/Intern reporter Ping Yingying
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