CIBT Education Subsidiaries Receive Approval from Government of Canada to Resume International Students Enrollment

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[{"type":"text","content":"CIBT Education Subsidiaries Receive Approval from Government of Canada to Resume International Students EnrollmentVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 4, 2020 / CIBT Education Group Inc. (TSX:MBA)(OTCQX:MBAIF) (\"CIBT\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that its education subsidiaries, Sprott Shaw College and Sprott Shaw Language College, have received approval from the British Columbia Ministry of Education and the Government of Canada to resume accepting international students from selected countries. Such approval is only granted to schools with a COVID-19 readiness plan accepted by their home province as part of a partial border re-opening.\"We are pleased that Sprott Shaw College and Sprott Shaw Language College are two of the Canadian academic institutions permitted to start receiving international students after nearly nine months of border closures,\" said Toby Chu, Chairman, President and CEO of CIBT Education Group. \"According to the Swedish-based Educations.com, Canada was ranked the best country for international education in the world in 2020 as a result of being one of the safest countries relating to COVID-19 cases, access to quality education, and ease of accessibility for international students. For this reason, we anticipate a steady increase in international students arriving in Canada, and more specifically, British Columbia, to continue their post-secondary studies.\"Based on a report from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 642,480 international students were living in Canada in 2019, and over 150,000 of them were living in British Columbia,\" continued Toby Chu. \"Also, according to government websites, international students contributed over $21.6 billion to Canada's GDP in 2018 and created 170,000 jobs. These figures highlight the importance of international students for Canada. We are honoured to do our part in producing highly-skilled and well-educated international students that will contribute to the growth of the Canadian economy or their home countries. We look forward to re-opening our campuses for new and returning international students. We will also continue to provide a world-class education to over 4,500 Canadian students that are studying at various Sprott Shaw College campuses across the province of British Columbia.\"The list of approved institutions is available at th...

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