뉴질랜드 유학 정책 변경 - 3개월 이하 단기 연수는 부모 동반 없이, 비자 없어도 가능

 뉴질랜드에선 앞으로 해외 유학생들이 부모나 보호자 없이도 뉴질랜드에서 혼자 공부할 수 있게 된다.

   나이젤 비클(Nigel Bickle) 뉴질랜드 이민부 국장이 오늘(26일) 발표한 뉴질랜드 학생비자 관련 유학 정책 변경에 따르면 방문 비자를 소지한 국제 학생들이 유학생 비자 없이도 뉴질랜드의 학교에서 단기 연수를 받을 수 있게 되었다.

   오늘부터 적용될 정책 변경에 의하면 10세~13세의 어린 국제 학생들이 유학생 비자 없이도 뉴질랜드 학교에서 1년에 3달까지 단기 연수가 가능하게 되었다. 뉴질랜드 방문시 보호자와 동행하지 않아도 되지만 학교 등록시 보호자의 서명이 필요하다.
 (반드시 이민부에 해외 유학생 입학이 허가한 학교 뿐만 아니라 일반 학교에서도 3개월 이하의 단기 연수 가능케 했다)

   한편, 조스 디브레서니(Joss Debreceny) 이민부 대변인은 5세~10세의 어린 학생들도 보호자와 동행하지 않고도 사전에 잘 준비된 '그룹 방문'이라면 보호자의 동의서와 함께 뉴질랜드에 올 수는 있으나, 일반 학교에 등록해 단기 수업을 들을 수는 없다고 말했다.

   10세 이하의 어린 학생들이 현지 학교에 등록을 하려면 이민부가 지정한 실행 지침 법안 (code of practice)에 서명한 학교에만 등록해 단기 수업을 받아야 한다.

   이민부는 영어 능력이 부족한 국제 학생의 경우 모국어로 보조해 줄 수 있도록 지원하라는 지침을 이민부 홈페이지에 올려 학교측에 당부했다.

   교육수출사업 종사자들은 이러한 정책의 변경으로 뉴질랜드의 교육수출 산업이 경쟁력을 갖추게 되는 혜택이 기대되며 현재 유학산업 성장에 높은 비중을 차지하고 있는 한국 유학생들의 방문을 기대하고 있다고 말했다. 

   출처: NZ헤럴드,뉴질랜드코리아포스트

 

   원문:   Immigration relaxes entry rules for child students
   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10661235&ref=rss

 

 

Children as young as 5 could come to New Zealand to study for up to three months each year on a visitor's permit, under immigration policy changes taking effect today.

Immigration NZ has announced several amendments to policy, including one that would enable visitor's permit holders in Years 1-13, which the agency says is usually between 5 and 18 years, to study for a single period of up to three months per calendar year in non-consecutive school terms.

Department head Nigel Bickle said these children could also come to New Zealand without their parents or legal guardians because the policy had no guardian requirements.

But while immigration rules allow 5-year-olds to study here without their parents, Ministry of Education rules prevent them from being enrolled.

The Ministry of Education's Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students restricts any signatories from enrolling anyone under the age of 10, and under the revised immigration rules, all students wanting to study longer than two weeks will need to be enrolled in schools which have signed the code.

 

Ministry spokesman Joss Debreceny said that, under the code, students under the age of 13 must live with their parent or legal guardian while studying here.

The code had undergone a revision, and now schools could enrol young international students between 10 and 13 as group students if they came to New Zealand without their parents.

The ministry has also published on its website a set of guidelines for schools hosting short-term international students.

"If a school-age visitor is not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, schools should request a letter of consent from the visitor's parent or guardian, giving permission for the visit and approving the arrangements," the guidelines say.

Students under 10 still cannot be enrolled, even as group students.

"If a group of students come for a short, properly organised visit, then they may come without their parents or guardians if the students had their parents' or guardians' permission," Mr Debreceny said.

The ministry guidelines said schools should also ensure these students had "first language support" if they had limited English language abilities.

People involved with the export education industry said the policy change was positive and believed it would benefit the industry.

Josie Kim, a Korean education agent, said it would "most definitely" boost the number of young children coming from South Korea - New Zealand's biggest market for international students aged 13 and under.

"The changes will make New Zealand far more cost competitive for us to market now."

In the past, parents had to factor in the cost of also coming here, she said. Short English language or immersion courses were very popular.

In other changes taking effect today, all temporary permit holders will be able to study more than one course for up to three months instead of a single course under current rules.