Canada announces new measures to protect international students

By Ray Clancy. Canadian authorities are considering putting new measures in place to protect authentic international students who want to study in the country. The new measures aim to prevent fraud in the International Student Programme (ISP) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) said the changes will limit study permits to students attending institutions designated by provinces and territories.
The proposed changes would address concerns that some institutions are providing poor quality programmes or facilitating, knowingly or not, the entry of foreign nationals to Canada for purposes other than study. Under the proposed amendments, CIC would work with provinces and territories, which are constitutionally responsible for education, to develop a framework to designate educational institutions that will be permitted to host international students. Read more...