Canadian Province Stops Admission Of International Students For Two Years

Selina Robinson

A Canadian province called British Columbia has placed a two-year ban on new colleges accepting foreign students, including those from Nigeria.

British Columbia, a province in Canada, has announced that it will no longer be accepting new international students for two years.

According to CBC, the minister of post-secondary education Selina Robinson stated that the decision was required to address shortcomings in the international education system, which she claimed “has not been working as well as it should.”

According to her, the ban suggests that for the next two years, post-secondary educational institutions won't be able to submit applications to admit international students.

The minister said that the province would be able to eliminate “exploitive practices” that are causing problems for the system.

Robinson stated that “poor-quality education” and “lack of instructors” were discovered during the province's 2023 systemic investigation.

According to her, impacted students are now “less likely to complain” out of concern that doing so might jeopardize their visas.

“We're going to be developing a system where we'll be on-site and doing a more proactive evaluation of programs,” the minister said.

The Canadian immigration minister, Marc Miller, had previously declared that study permits would have a two-year limit.

He declared that Canada would apportion a quota to each province and cut its approval rate for undergraduate study permits by thirty-five percent.

According to Miller, the action was one of the main ones taken to preserve sustainability and enhance program integrity.

Robinson commented on this, stating that the British Columbian admissions freeze will allow the province to evaluate the effects of the federal study permit cap.