Canada's post-secondary schools exploiting international students, says recruiter.International students come to Canadian colleges and universities with high hopes. Many choose Canada because of the quality of the education system, but pay much higher tuition fees compared to their domestic peers. "The key is that we are having a gap between the increased enrolment and the number of services that are put in place to support those students so they can be successful in the environment."He said there is a patchwork of services across different colleges which are not sufficient to support international students. St. Clair College is projected to have more than 5,000 international students enrolled at the school in the fall — a number which "astounded" Broitman. "That's a significant percentage of the overall student body. It shows they are critical to the school's bottom line," he said. "It tells you that they've been very successful in marketing their programs." The influx of students also means larger class-sizes, which affects the quality of learning, said Broitman. "I think it would be fantastic to have a class of 15 to 30 engaged kids and have a really good class," he explained. "Could I have that class with 100 to 200 [students]? No way ... This has diluted the quality of education in our classrooms." Hardik Gora, a first-year business marketing student at St. Clair College, has experienced overcrowding in his classroom first-hand. "I think there's about four or five sections with 70 students in each section," Gora said.Like many other international students, Gora has faced issues finding good housing and has experienced being skipped for pickups due to overcrowding on Windsor's city buses. "I consider the University of Toronto [to be] exploiting foreigners who pay to sit in a class with a thousand students there," said Broitman. The University of Toronto said its tuition costs are competitive with other world-leading institutions. "Universities don't receive provincial funding for international students, as we do for Canadian students. Canadian students and their families pay taxes that flow back to universities and colleges, so we ask international students to pay their share as well," Richard Levine added. Many international students also struggle with understanding classroom instruction in English. Brotiman said scoring "around a 5 or 5.5" in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) represents a mediocre understanding on English. St. Clair College accepts students from India with a minimum score of 5.5. Chinese students may be accepted with a score of 5.0.For Broitman, international students are not being treated fairly. They are being exploited for their money at the expense of their education. "[Change] has to come from leadership and I have not seen leadership in Canada at any level that wants to fix the problem ... No one even wants to talk about it." I understand that Canadians and their families have paid in taxes that flow back into universities and colleges and international students coming to Canada have not, but it's a huge difference of cost between the two categories. A Canadian student would pay $6700 to enrol in the U of T Arts and Science Program. International students pay around 7 times more than that, around $49800. To pay that much and to struggle learning a new language, understanding the curriculum, finding good housing and having to experience being skipped for pickups due to overcrowding on Windsor's city buses. It's a lot more problems and struggles to face. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/international-student-recruiter-institution-exploitation-1.4668831
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