Each Canadian institution adopted its own coping mechanism after the SARS-Cov 2 pandemic disrupted the mobility of their students. Most of them opted to conduct online classes to still be able to accommodate their international students who returned to their home countries at the height of the pandemic.
With a long history of forming partnership around the world and its independently developed learning platform, TAIE International is able to offer an innovative hybrid learning opportunity for its students worldwide, thereby providing international students the option of getting a genuine Canadian education in the safety of their own homes while waiting for the suitable time to return to Canada.
“It has been a very challenging the past two years, but we believe the need to receive an international education is still in play, even amid a global crisis. The pandemic encouraged us to rethink some operational models to continuously fulfill our mission to bring a genuine international education to our overseas students. Therefore, we got a chance to explore an innovative partnership model to bring overseas the education we offer in Canada with our partners around the globe, including China,” said Carol Lau, marketing director of TAIE International Institute.
Because international students constitute 95% of the student body and almost 40% of those are from China, TAIE International Institute had to find ways to export Canadian education to Chinese students who could not go back to Canada.
“There are different options if they want to experience Canadian education while still in China. Our unique model provides a high flexibility for students because if they wish to come back to Canada, they can still come back and finish where they left off in China. Or, if they wish to finish the rest of the program in China, they can still get the same quality of education and qualifications after that and pursue higher education here once ready,” Lau explained.
“We have developed a strong relationship with higher education institutions in North America. So far, we have around 15 partnerships with Canadian universities and colleges, so we are able to provide stable, reliable and diverse pathways for our graduates,” she added.
