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INDUSTRY SPEAKS STUDYTRAVEL MAGAZINE APRIL 2018
Industry speaks
This month, we interview
Assiya Zemlekhanova,
President of KAEA,
Kazakhstan.
Full name of association: Kazakhstan
Association of Educational Agents
Year established: 2005
Number of members: 8
Association’s main role: Promote study
abroad
Code of practice: yes
Complaints procedure: yes
Agency of the month
This month, ESL Education
www.esl.ch, international,
has been nominated by Bay
Language Institute www.
baylanguage.com, South Af-
rica. Shaun Fitzhenry at the
school explains this decision.
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Agents on...
secondary destinations
www.kaea.kz
Agency Q&A info@kaea.kz
Javier Carmona S., ESL Chile, Estudios en el
What has KAEA been up to What are some of the main extranjero www.esl.cl, Chile Raymond Keung, UKEA
over the last 12 months? Kazakh student trends? www.ukea.org, Hong Kong
Currently there are eight active One of the main trends among “For our students, the fi rst country
members in our association and Kazakhstani students is higher is Canada because it is very safe. “The UK is the number one choice for
we are very happy to announce education in the USA and Public schools are well prepared secondary education for our students, espe-
that another two or three agen- Canada, where education is more to received international stu- cially in Hong Kong; as a former colony of
cies are preparing to join us. In applied. The opportunity to have dents and most of them offer the UK, the city has strong and deep roots
March 2018, we organised a an internship in the specialty ESL classes with no extra tuition dating back to 1841, close to 150 years of
workshop with participation of during the period of study attracts fee. Canada is well known as a good colonial history. Hong Kong is still deeply
foreign and Kazakhstan educa- many students. place for young international students, and affected by the UK, both culturally and
tional institutions. In October is a very welcome and friendly country. educationally. Parents prefer second-
2017, KAEA participated in the What does KAEA have planned Canada is closer than the UK, Australia or ary schools in the UK for its prestige,
Forum ‘Education of the Future’, for 2018? New Zealand, and the price/quality range familiarity, traditions and most im-
where the trends of modern edu- We have big plans! First, we is better than the USA. Also, Canada has portantly, the worldwide recognition
cation were discussed. One more are waiting for new members many options in every region.” of either A-levels or the IB, allowing
piece of great news – we applied of KAEA; the second is holding students to continue their education.”
to FELCA and have been formally training for the members of the
accepted. So, from January 2018, association and workshops for Marcelo Cuestas, Eduquality Argentina Alexandra Bilaninová,
we are active member of FELCA! our partners. www.eduquality.org, Argentina ENLAP www.enlap.sk, Slovakia
Read more at: bit.ly/AgencyAssoc-apr18 “New Zealand became our number one “In our agency the number one choice for
destination in 2017, followed by secondary education is the UK. The main
Krister Weidenhielm, the UK and USA, which used reason is that the UK is close to our coun-
“We’ve been work-
ing with ESL for ESL Education to be top. NZ has become try. A small distance increases the feeling
popular in Argentina because of safety in both students and their par-
almost 10 years, and “We are very grateful for
they have the same Southern ents. Slovak students feel more at home
have been consistently impressed this nomination. Initially the inten-
Hemisphere schedule, and in Britain, because it is part of Europe
by the degree of professionalism tion was fi nding alternative des-
they offer short-term programmes. and the British way of life and culture
they show in their day-to-day deal- tinations to Cape Town. And so
Also the high quality of education, facilities is close to Slovakia. Also, at Slovak
ings. Student details are accu- we did, but we also discovered
of the schools, the attractive nature and schools, British English is taught and
rately recorded and shared, and we a fantastic location, where life is
weather. NZ schools are making more mar- students learn a lot about British
always receive prompt, considered laid-back and the team welcome
responses to any questions.” students as if they are family.” keting efforts to promote their schools.” culture, history and literature.”
Read more at: bit.ly/AgentsSpeakOut-apr18
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