British Columbia is banning new post-secondary institutions from applying to enrol Nigerians and other international students for the next two years, as the province roots out "exploitive practices" plaguing the system. Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson said Monday that the freeze is necessary to correct faults in an international education system that "has not been working as well as it should."
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Private colleges and universities in B.C. will face greater scrutiny as part of a provincial government crackdown to rein in so-called “diploma mills.”
On Monday, federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced a 35 per cent cut in the intake of international students nationally, over the next two years.