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1,800 students due to enter international education industry begin for in-person pathway programmes
post-secondary institutions to recover. Nadine notes, “In Canada, once travel restrictions relax around
this September. the government support and cau- the globe, since the interest in stu-
Paula Jamieson at Global Village tious lifting of border restrictions dents studying in Germany has not
Victoria www.gvenglish.com/victoria for long-term international students diminished overall and students are
language school in Canada, adds, has enabled us to start to rebuild our only waiting for borders to open.” She
“While the pandemic has resulted in in-school student populations and has adds, “We believe that even after the
a decline in our non-pathway student provided our strong student pipeline pandemic there will be an increas-
numbers – short-term teens – path- with optimism and confidence.” ing demand for doing the pathway
way students have appreciated the Bogie at ILAC says the Canadian programmes fully or at least in part
flexibility of starting their live English Government also announced a new online, since for some this will be
training from overseas then joining us programme in April to grant perma- more convenient and cost-effective.”
onsite for the final stages before col- nent residence to 90,000 international Nadine notes that there has been a
lege or university.” graduates and foreign workers living in continuous demand for pathway pro-
She adds,“Overall, private lan- the country. She adds, “Our IELTS test- grammes at ILSC. “Because we were
guage programme enrolment figures ing site crashed within the first few able to continue offering seamless
in Canada show a 50-to-60 per cent hours due to the volume of bookings transition to our campuses and part-
decrease over [the] last year. Demand – language proficiency is one of the ner schools throughout the pandemic,
for GV Victoria’s Pathway preparation, requirements for the programme – but many long-term pathway students
Academic English and Business English we have since opened up more seats chose to begin their programmes
has increased over the last 12 months and are managing the demand.” online with us, and these students
while short-term programme enrol- have been among the first to start
ment continues to be soft.” Hopes for growth traveling again.” She continues that
it is very encouraging to see inter-
A helping hand Many pathway providers believe that national students around the world
enrolments will continue to increase display such a “clear commitment to
Some schools note that government this year. In Germany, Carolin com- their long-term study goals”.
support has been key to helping the ments, “We expect growth in demand joshua@studytravel.network

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