Canadian Province, British Columbia Restricts New Colleges From Enrolling Nigerians, Other Foreign Students

Canadian Province, British Columbia Restricts New Colleges From Enrolling Nigerians, Other Foreign Students

The third largest province in Canada, British Columbia, has implemented a restriction on new colleges enrolling foreign students as a means to combat the exploitation of international students.

The announcement was made by British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Minister, Selina Robinson, during a press conference in Surrey, Canada.

This decision, following a similar move by Ontario, is set to impact students from countries like Nigeria and others for a period of two years.

In a measure which would affect Nigerians and other foreign nationals for two years, Robinson said it was necessary to “taking action to eliminate exploitive practices”.

Robinson said, “We are protecting students and taking action to eliminate bad actors taking advantage of these students!”

Minister Robinson emphasized the necessity of taking action to eliminate exploitative practices, citing the ban as one of the measures introduced as a temporary halt on approvals for new post-secondary institutions intending to enroll international students.

Additionally, the minister highlighted that British Columbia will conduct more frequent inspections of private post-secondary institutions to ensure compliance with enhanced quality standards and to provide proper support for students.

The province “is taking action to eliminate exploitive practices and improve the quality of post-secondary education by strengthening quality standards and bringing in new safeguards for international students in BC,” Robinson was quoted in the release.

“International students come here for a good education, but too many are being exploited or taken advantage of.”

“These new requirements will help prevent institutions from taking advantage of international students and will eliminate private institutions’ ability to host international students if they are unable to meet the provincial standards for quality education,” the release stated.