A Memorandum of Understanding between EEIQ's
EduGlobal College and Apex Ed also Anticipated to
Accelerate Recruitment in the Sri Lankan Market
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, Oct. 24,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EpicQuest Education Group
International Limited (NASDAQ: EEIQ), ("EpicQuest Education",
"EEIQ" or the "Company"), a provider of comprehensive education
solutions for domestic and international students seeking college
and university degrees in the US, Canada and the UK, today announced that on
September 4, 2023, the Company opened
a recruiting office in Sri Lanka
to serve as its main hub to attract students from Southeast Asia and the Middle East for its owned and operated
colleges, Davis College and EduGlobal
College. EEIQ's goal is to expand its geographical market for
international student recruiting for both schools. Further, on
June 14, 2023, EduGlobal College
signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with
Apex Ed ("Apex"), a career college based in London, to recruit international students from
Sri Lanka.
The New Sri Lanka Recruiting Office Expands
EEIQ's International Recruiting
Diane Brunner, President of
Davis College, commented, "Our focus on
internationalization resulted in nearly a three-fold increase in
the enrollment of international students in our first quarter of
the 2023 – 2024 academic year as compared to the year-ago quarter.
The Sri Lanka office comprises a
new team for international recruiting and leverages our education
solution where we offer application support, visa assistance,
transportation, course counseling, student housing and supervisory
duties; we believe that this one-stop solution gives us a
competitive advantage relative to other colleges' recruitment
efforts. Our core mission of internationalization helps our
students reach their full potential and better prepare them for
careers in the global economy."
In addition to the opening of the Sri
Lanka recruiting office, EduGlobal College signed a
non-exclusive MOU with Apex, a career college based in London, whose purpose is for Apex to use its
best efforts to recruit qualified students in Sri Lanka for EduGlobal's educational
programs. Apex is a career college that offers undergraduate and
graduate courses across a wide range of programs that helps
students succeed in their chosen field and has centers offering
educational services to students in Sri
Lanka.
Jeff Romero, Director EduGlobal
College, commented, "Our new Sri
Lanka recruiting office widens the scope of our geographical
recruiting and continues to build upon our international student
recruiting success. The office represents a further diversification
of EEIQ's recruiting and underscores its international growth
strategy. EduGlobal is renowned for providing the very best of
English proficiency programming, providing international students
the linguistic skill set needed in an academic setting, and we are
pleased to be working with Apex to accelerate our penetration of
the Sri Lankan market."
Among the countries where the Sri
Lanka office will actively recruit for both Davis College and EduGlobal College are
Sri Lanka, India, UAE, Malta, Nepal,
Pakistan, Malta, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The Company believes that its
mission of internationalization, which encompasses focused
recruiting for international students diversifies our student body
and can lead to higher revenue and profitability.
The new Sri Lanka office is
located in one of the most prestigious commercial locations in
Colombo, the most populous city in
Sri Lanka, and is staffed by a
specialized EEIQ recruiting team. The Company believes that it is
important to have a local physical presence since it provides the
needed platform to meet with prospective students and their
parents. The Sri Lanka office
engages in direct recruiting, initiates institutional
collaborations, and works with select recruitment agents. For more
information about EpicQuest Education's recruiting office in
Sri Lanka, please visit
http://epicquesteducationasia.com/
About Davis College
Davis College was founded in 1858
and is a private career-training college located in Toledo, Ohio. Davis
College offers a specialized professional career training
curriculum in numerous fields, and its mission is to provide
marketable skills that enhance the employability of its graduates.
Davis College offers coursework
flexibility to ensure program success as well as externship
opportunities that provide its student population with real-world
skill sets prior to graduation. In addition to its offering a
four-year Bachelor of Science in Business degree which began in the
Fall of 2023, Davis College has
agreements with several four-year US universities for 'transfer
pathways' that pave the way for its associate degree students to
gain admission with the ability to transfer earned course credits.
Davis College is accredited by The
Higher Learning Commission and the Ohio State Board of Career
Colleges and Schools with programs authorized by the Ohio Board of Higher Education. For more
information, please visit www.daviscollege.edu/.
About EduGlobal College
EduGlobal College is a private college located in the Metro
Vancouver area, British Columbia.
EduGlobal College provides English language programs for
international students who are seeking academic and career
advancement and specializes in English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
programs (also known as English as a Second Language, or ESL,
programs) that focus on helping international students acquire the
advanced competencies in academic English that will be necessary
for them to complete their degree programs. In tandem with its EAP
program, EduGlobal College offers first-year university courses and
a Master's Academic Preparation Program to help prepare
international students who have completed a bachelor's degree and
aspire to pursue graduate studies at a Canadian university.
EduGlobal College also offers students an innovative model for
bridging the gap between private and public sector post-secondary
education in Canada through its
pathway program. EduGlobal College is approved by The Private
Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced
Education and Skills Training in the Province of British Columbia. For more information, please
visit https://eduglobalcollege.com/.
About EpicQuest Education Group International
Limited
EpicQuest Education Group International Limited ("EpicQuest
Education" or the "Company") provides comprehensive education
solutions for domestic and international students seeking
university and college degrees in the US, Canada and the UK. The Company owns and
operates EduGlobal College, based in British Columbia, Canada, which focuses on
English proficiency educational programming for students pursuing
academic degrees. The Company operates and is a 70% owner of
Davis College, a career training
college located in Toledo, Ohio.
In addition, the Company has a recruiting relationship with the
Miami University Regional campuses,
where it maintains residential facilities, a full-service
cafeteria, recreational facilities, shuttle buses and an office for
the regional campuses that provides study abroad and post-study
services for its students; these facilities are not owned,
maintained, operated or are a part of Miami
University. The Company is also a recruiting agent for the
University of the West of Scotland
(through The Education Group (London) Ltd) and Coventry University, both of which are located
in the UK. For more information, please
visit www.epicquesteducation.com/.
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