Early warning of studying abroad: institutions studying abroad carefully select foreign schools to recognize themselves.

On April 9th, the Overseas Edition of People's Daily reported the news of "Early Warning for Studying Abroad: Institutions studying abroad carefully select foreign schools to identify themselves". In 20 1 1 year, the total number of students studying abroad in China was 339,700, including 314,800 at their own expense. During the 17th China International Education Exhibition, China Education Online "20 1 1 Investigation Report on the Trend of Studying Abroad" showed that 63% of students who are interested in studying abroad would consider studying abroad with the help of a study agent. Recently, the qualifications of foreign schools are frequent, and the problems in the intermediary market for studying abroad are constant. How to choose the right schools and intermediaries to avoid falling into the trap of studying abroad and ensure the safety of studying abroad has become one of the most concerned issues for students and parents.

Foreign schools think.

Recently, the "diploma factory" incident at Dixon State University in the United States caused an uproar. Under the upsurge of studying abroad at one's own expense, many educational institutions rushed to China to grab students, and the pheasant school with "fishy eyes and pearls" appeared immediately. So how do you determine your identity when choosing an institution to study abroad?

In order to help students who study abroad at their own expense correctly choose foreign schools, strengthen the supervision of the intermediary activities of studying abroad at their own expense, and guide the intermediary agencies to cooperate with regular foreign schools, the Ministry of Education recently published and updated the list of more than 65,438+/kloc-0.0 million schools in 33 countries where China citizens mainly study, which basically covers the regular universities in the countries where China citizens mainly study.

The staff of the study abroad service center of the Ministry of Education reminded that when choosing a school, you must log in to the foreign-related information supervision network of the Ministry of Education to check the qualifications of foreign schools to verify whether foreign schools have the ability to provide diplomas. The Ministry of Education will continue to update and announce some new countries or schools studying abroad. The Service Center for Studying Abroad of the Ministry of Education has recently set up a special telephone line to receive inquiries from overseas students and all sectors of society about the qualifications of foreign schools.

The institutions for studying abroad are carefully selected.

Focusing on "3. 15", a survey on "3. 15" netizens planned by Sina Education Channel showed that 72% of netizens who participated in the voting thought that "the advertisements of overseas institutions to recruit students were exaggerated and untrue". It is understood that there are more than 400 study abroad agencies approved or filed by the Ministry of Education. In the fierce market competition, there are more and more complaints from consumers. Then, in the face of the brutal competition in the study abroad market, how should students and parents who are interested in studying abroad choose study abroad institutions?

Hu Benwei, editor-in-chief of study abroad supervision network, summarized how to choose study abroad institutions from several aspects. First of all, it depends on the qualification, whether it has the qualification issued by the Ministry of Education to carry out self-funded study abroad intermediary business and the business license issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, which is an important basis for distinguishing whether to study abroad intermediary. Secondly, reviewing contracts, the contracts organized by state-owned enterprises are model texts issued by the Ministry of Education, so they are relatively guaranteed in terms of contracts. Thirdly, check word of mouth. Before choosing an intermediary, it is suggested to search the name of this institution online to see if there are any complaints or disputes in forums, communities and complaint websites. (Qu Wei Zi)