Meridian Group International Education in Australia was forced to shut down five private schools (Fashion Institute of Design, Meridian International School, Meridian International Hotel Management School, International School of Design, Meridian Institute), the a night school students from various countries up to 3400 people, including the 1265 Chinese student.
Meridian International Education Group, located in Sydney's campus, I heard that the closure of schools, the students focused together, police arrived to maintain order in schools.
Meridian International Education Group, located in Sydney’s campus, I heard that the closure of schools, the students focused together, police arrived to maintain order in schools.
“We are like abandoned children”
It was a very anxious meeting.
“Is not school, but the students pay tuition how to do? Just entered the school, but the last several weeks, the students how to do? Study for one year, but has not received any certificate of the students how to do? Immediately Graduation the students how to do? of all students in the classroom, certificates, tuition how should we do? ”
Every time a student got up and asked a question, has the same doubts students will be a collective cheer, a round of applause.
Australian officials sat on the stage of eye contact slightly surprised, after only a brief repeatedly stressed that “we need time”, “we soon as possible” … …
After a few rounds to accommodate more than 2,000 school students within the Melbourne Town Hall as if silence were not even able to hear out the voices of needles.
“Wait” – in the November 9, Australia Closure of Meridian International Education Group at the first note, it seems students are only asked to answer.
There is no sign of land “abandoned”
There is no translation, no media, no legal counsel, can we expect explain what will solve the problem? From the outset into the Melbourne Town Hall, 29-year-old Chinese student Li Yau (a pseudonym) on the marked with a question mark in their hearts.
For her, the scene of four days ago, as if dreaming in general.
The afternoon of November 5, LI You are still studying the self-study Meridian International School of Design class. More than about 18 o’clock, when suddenly there have been classmates called her: “know what? Our school went out of business!” Lee Yau was ridiculous, “Tomorrow is not also lecture?” She was even asked in response, but come.
Later, when the LI You drove to school, before their own eyes confirmed the friend’s message – the school closure notice is posted on the door. To this end, she and the school security guards repeatedly confirmed.
At this point, with the Meridian International Education Group belonging to the other four private entrance is also labeled a similar notice, including one on the wrote: Due to unforeseen reasons, tonight’s culinary course is canceled.
The next day, when other students without the knowledge of the general came to school as usual, they at first surprised, then angry, and then become confused them. Some of them not willing to beat the gates, and some sent for the day’s newspapers, carefully checked the information, as well as the students stood across the road to higher ground Department, loudly shouted to the campus. “We are like abandoned children, want to know why, no one would explain that.” LI You describe the Tao.
In the Meridian International Education Group was forced to shut down five private schools (Fashion Institute of Design, Meridian International School, Meridian International Hotel Management School, International School of Design, Meridian Institute), the a night school students from various countries up to 3400 people, including the 1265 Chinese student.
“More than 10 days short of the graduation”
Meridian International Hotel Management School in West Point and the West to study Chinese students in the small kitchen professional Xu told the “International Herald Tribune”, where his study for a year and a half, there are more than 10 days will be carried out graduate examinations, At this time the school did not expect a sudden collapse. He has also dared to tell their parents, for fear they are worried. He said that to wait for the relevant government departments to arrange transferred to other schools, as to what school, the quality of how and whether his success in the two weeks after graduation, he knew nothing about.
On November 11 held in the Australian side note at the third collapse of matter, like the little they like, “even worse than 10 days on the graduate student” at least 100.
Description will be one of the organizers – the Australian Council of Private Education and Training (ACPET) to these students as “special groups.” If the school goes well, these students could have started in the November 16 final examination, and in December 16 to get a diploma, and then apply for immigration.
In each “school” students of a manpower of “re-placement Form”, in addition to fill in name, birthday, contact and other personal information, the graduating students to indicate their own “special status.” ACPET say that it would in a short time for these students an explanation.
From November 10 onwards, there are one after another of the “good news” sent back. Chinese Consulate General in Melbourne, Education Counselor Guo Xiaojuan to the “International Herald Tribune” said that after learning about the Consulate General in Melbourne, Victoria, immediately contacted the Secretary Registration Board with the qualifications and conduct the communication. Registration and Education Authority, Victoria Australia from 9 pm, progressively arranged out of school for foreign students, including 750 in Melbourne closed down three schools of Chinese students to other schools continue with their studies.
However, the students are still worried. Xiao Wang said the Chinese students, even if the transfer can be sure the school will not close down, but if he can not avoid transferring credits, then we must re-pay tuition, re-learning courses, which means that all have to start from scratch. Xiao Wang is not no “lesson.” The 24-year-old from Shanghai, Zhang Xi students come to Australia in July 2007 when a school called the Global Institute, after six months of this school do not want to declare bankruptcy, a result, he accepted the Government’s resettlement, go to the Murray Dean College to continue their studies, did not expect this to once again “out of school.”
Might be considered to be “experienced”, Zhang Xi was elected as representatives of Chinese students, on November 11 with the relevant agencies in Australia on the “school” of the formal discussions.
School collapse triggered the financial crisis?
That Chinese students encounter, the New South Wales Department of Education and Training Dr. Shi Shuangyuan senior officials said the Meridian International Education Group due to insolvency and bankruptcy, is a failure in the private education group, will not be wave caused by the collapse of international schools.
This has been a study of domestic intermediaries, consultants The very fact that recognition. According to her introduction, Meridian International Education Group in the Chinese market is not a “new entrants”, the chain run out of cash shortages are likely to fall “accident.” However, the very fact that, and we can not ignore the cause of the incident, some of the “necessary factors.”
The Meridian International Education Group, leading provider of fashion design, culinary arts, hotel management, language training and other vocational training courses, most of which is required for Australia’s skilled migration policy. Insiders analyzed that the general need to provide this kind of vocational courses, a large investment, a number of private vocational education institutions have been borrowing large-scale expansion. Recently, however, Australia’s immigration policy has been adjusted, the original as “skilled migrants” course is no longer subject to immigration policy favored, resulting in reduction of new students, which led to such schools to financial hardship.
“In fact, every country that may arise (Meridian) the situation. In particular, under the influence of the financial crisis this year, once the new students had begun to cut more difficult.” Ms. Zhang said.
It is headquartered in Melbourne, “Century newspaper” report, in July this year, since the Australian state of Victoria alone there are nine private institutions collapse of 2695 students out of school at home and abroad.
A similar incident took place in the world more than
In the study with 10 years of experience in consulting services in the eyes of foreign private schools as early as the collapse of the incident was an “old phenomenon”, “34 in Singapore every year since then.” She said.
In April of this year, Singapore’s two private schools due to lack of students and the impact of closure of the economic downturn. At that time, Chinese Ministry of Education study released special warning to remind the country to study abroad at their own expense intermediary service organizations to stop the cooperation with these schools, and enrollment information.
While 4 months later, Singapore’s business school because of fake Brooks awarded the Royal Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia undergraduate diploma certificate, which were de-registration qualifications, including 150 Chinese students, including 400 international students facing the school.
Ms. Zhang explained that, due to Singapore’s only a handful of public institutions and the academic demands of higher performance of students so the middle can only be admitted to private institutions in general, and “rely on students to raise school”, the lack of government funding and social donations private institutions is difficult to secure.
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