Bruneian Yen For Oversea Education
By Yulz. Saturday, 10. November 2007, 12:57:17
yea ~ go bruneian !! 
I think I'm going to take A level examination next year .. InsyaAllah .. and start to double up .. triple up .. so on so forth .. to make myself more educated and digging more knowledge so I also can further my study to overseas one day .. 
I think I'm going to take A level examination next year .. InsyaAllah .. and start to double up .. triple up .. so on so forth .. to make myself more educated and digging more knowledge so I also can further my study to overseas one day ..
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei is gaining in recognition as a market for students with a progressively increasing number of students opting to study overseas, which in turn will help improve the nation's human resource qualities according to an education consultant.
"There is a definite increase in the number of students choosing to go overseas to study," said the General Manager of James Hon Marketing and Management, Delon Hon, who provides education consultation.
"There's roughly around a 35 percent increase from last year," said the consultant, referring to figures from 2006.
"It will really bring Brunei's human resource quality up. Dare I say higher than Malaysia and Singapore."
The 10-year-old consultant firm provides students with information on universities that are recognised and recommended by the government. "We help students apply to universities in seven different countries, with Denmark, China and Germany being some of them. Last year, we sent 5 students to the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Britain," Hon said.
The firm has sent a total of 20 students to UEA, with two being sponsored by the Ministry of Defence in their pursuit to advance in medicine. "Another student works at Brunei Shell Petroleum, and is being sponsored to do oceanography. Others are there to do law and economics, as well as civil servants looking to do their masters."
Students living in the Belait District, who want to study in the capital, can also obtain assistance from the firm. "We direct them to schools such as JIS or ISB."
However, things are not always so smooth. "Not that many people know about us. We need to get the message out. Advertising and visiting schools doesn't seem to be enough," he said.
"Another challenge is getting more countries to recognise Brunei as a market to recruit students. For example, we're struggling to get universities in the U.S. to come in, Canada as well. They think Brunei's market is very small. A lot of good universities in Tokyo and China do not recognise Brunei," he stressed.
However, "We convince them by showing them the numbers," Hon said. "For example, a few years ago there was only one Bruneian student in UEA. Now, there are 20." -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
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