Page 13 - StudyTravel Magazine November 2023 Issue
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MexiCo





         AgenCy survey


         Language courses were back in top position for
         Mexican students in 2022 after secondary placements
         made up the largest sector of placements for Mexican
         agencies in 2021. Bethan Norris reports.



                                                                             Key points
           renan Herrera                     2022
           from estudiantes
           embajadores                       Top destinations for              2,648
           talks to us...                    language students
                                                                             total number of students placed
           “Mexico is living an uncertain period   CANAdA                    by the nine agencies in our survey
           that will benefit the international   45%
           education industry. The political
           uncertainty plus a very strong peso                                 21-1,219
           means that parents and students
           are considering study abroad. We                                  number of students placed on
           believe the programmes with a big        UK  14%                  courses by individual agencies
           increase in numbers will be high                                  last year
           school, work & study and higher     Germany  13%
           education. We expect 2023-2024        Ireland  8%
           to be a good year with an increase    France  7%                    5%
           of 15 to 20 per cent.” https://         USA  4%
           estudiantesembajadores.com/         Australia  4%                 overall business growth
                                                   Italy  3%

                                             2021                              20%
           Guadalupe Juárez
           from mundo Joven                  Top destinations for            average commission agencies
           talks to us...                    language students               received from language schools

           “Mundo Joven's commitment derived     CANAdA
           from the results obtained this year   47%                           15%
           for the summer programmes and
           our educational offer for the high                                average commission agencies
           school programme is aimed at                                      received from secondary
           strengthening and increasing the                                  education providers
           number of students travelling by         UK  26%
           2024 for these two programmes.
           The main interest of our students                                   LANGUAGe CoUrses
           is Canada, followed by England and      USA  16%
           the United States, in that order,   Switzerland   8%              is the largest sector of the
           for both summer programmes and          Italy  1%                 study abroad market for
           high school programmes." https://      Spain  1%                  Mexican agencies
           mundojoven.com/home                   Ireland  1%                 (60 per cent) in 2022.


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