Canadian Province Bans New Colleges From Enrolling International Students

British Columbia, a province in Canada, has banned new colleges from enrolling international students for two years.

The province stated that its decision to place the ban was to address exploitative practices within the education system.

The Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Selina Robinson on Tuesday revealed that the ban is key to rectify flaws in an international education system that “has not been working as well as it should.”

Robinson gave an instance where a student from India, expecting in-class instruction, discovered on the first day that the entire course would be taught online, leading to dissatisfaction and questioning the value of the investment.

“She arrived here being told that there would be in-class instruction, only to discover on her first day of class as she showed up that the entire course would be taught online. And she couldn’t understand why she spent all that money for an online programme.

“We do need to stop the bad actors from misleading these students, and that’s what we’re here to fix,” Robinson said.

In addition to the ban, Robinson announced the implementation of minimum language requirements at private institutions to “better prepare” international students before coming to British Columbia.

Robinson added, “More details on the language requirement will be released in March as work is still being done on that front.”