VietNamNet
Bridge – It is estimated that some 300
study consultancy firms have been established amid the increasingly high demand
for overseas study of Vietnamese students. However, many of them have been found
as not meeting the requirements for operation.
More
and more study consultancy firms have come out, while their service quality has
not been put under the control of any state management agency. Therefore,
parents do not know where they should go to get true information about overseas
study.
Soothing students with sweet words about
scholarships
When
typing “cong ty tu van du hoc” (study consultancy firms), one may get 7,060,000
results after just 0.49 seconds. And, if searching for information about university
scholarships, he would see 251,000 results just after 0.46 seconds.
Some
consultancy firms attracted parents and students with sweet words about
scholarships. “ILA Vietnam promised to show the way to “hunt” for a scholarship
which surely can produce the desired effect,” a parent said.
“I
found the information that Royal Road University in Canada offered the
scholarship valued at 50 percent of tuition – the only opportunity of the year.
I also found the information about the pre-university scholarship at Tailors
College. However, most of the provided information was out of date, because the
scholarships were reserved for 2011,” he continued.
Another
parent also said New Ocean Group, a study consultancy firm, advertised that
it’s easy to obtain the fellowship worth 3000 NZD at PIHMS, but this was the
scholarship for 2011.
On the
official websites of many consultancy firms, one could find a lot of ad pieces
about fellowship. Atlantic, for example, advertised the program in New Zealand
under which students can enjoy 6-month free English training course and the
scholarship of 1000 NZD.
A
consultancy firm promised the high percentage of people getting visa (90
percent), affirming that students can get the chances to work in Canada for
three years after they finish school. Meanwhile, the students, who choose South
Korea or Japan for their university study, would be able to take part time jobs
to earn 800-1000 dollars a month.
Especially,
consultancy firms have also offered gifts to their clients. For example, those,
who go to Australia would be given an electronic dictionary, while those, who
go to America would be propped up visa fee.
Vinahure
advertised a lot of study programs in Singapore with the fellowships of between
1000 and 5000 Singaporean dollars. On the website of SAIT, one could find the
information about the fellowships for journalist training courses in the US
granted by the centers in the country.
Sky high fees
In
order to obtain a full scholarship at the Australian International School
reserved for excellent high school students in the 2012-2013, besides necessary
formalities, every client would have to pay the fee of 3,225,000 dong. This is
the requirement set up by AIIS Company with 15 full and partial scholarships.
Students have to commit to pay the non-refundable admission acceptance fee of
63 million dong. The scholarships would be reconsidered every year and they
would be taken back if students cannot meet the requirements on the learning
records.
“Since
study consultancy firms do not bear any control from management agencies, it’s
very difficult to verify the information,” Van Nhu Cuong, President of Luong
The Vinh High School, a well known educator in Vietnam noted.
Most of
consultancy firms try to speak very kindly of the training quality and job
opportunities in foreign countries. An officer of the firm on Thai Ha street in
Hanoi told a parent that he should choose either the training courses in
Australia with the cost of 600 million dong a year, or Europe 500 million dong,
affirming that though having to pay high expenses, parents would be able to earn
money in the countries later by taking part time jobs.
Dat
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