{"id":308136,"date":"2024-01-30T17:01:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=308136"},"modified":"2024-01-30T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:01:46","slug":"canadian-province-announces-two-year-ban-on-nigerians-other-international-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/30\/canadian-province-announces-two-year-ban-on-nigerians-other-international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian province announces two-year ban on Nigerians, other international students"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The measure aims to decrease new student visa issuance by 35 per cent for the current year as the province addresses \u201cexploitative practices\u201d within the system, as per the announcement<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>British Columbia, a Canadian province, has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller disclosed this recently in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/26\/kano-fire-service-stops-man-from-committing-suicide-over-failed-n2m-visa-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visa<\/a> issuance by 35 per cent for the current year as the province addresses \u201cexploitative practices\u201d within the system, as per the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier of British Columbia, David Eby, stressed the importance of addressing issues within the international education system, recognizing its pivotal role in the province\u2019s social and economic framework.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a wide array of private institutions, big and small, in our province, but regardless of the institution\u2019s size, our expectations of the level of quality are the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are institutions that are not meeting our expectations right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The measure aims to decrease new student visa issuance by 35 per cent for the current year as the province addresses \u201cexploitative practices\u201d within the system, as per the announcement British Columbia, a Canadian province, has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years. 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