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Private colleges keep a close eye on their foreign students. Nilai University College business development senior manager Lim Ming Hsiang said it was compulsory for international students to pay a whole year's tuition fees in advance when they register.
"This helps us a lot in terms of preventing students from running away or misusing their permits. We are careful when it comes to accepting students who are older than 21 since there have been reports that some of them come in as students but with the intention to work."
Lim said 38 per cent of its 3,000 students were foreigners but there had been no problems.
He said the Immigration Department would penalise the college if a foreign student was found to be overstaying.
A spokesman for KDU College said the institution kept a constant watch on its foreign students and issued warning letters to those who were absent from classes for more than three days without a valid reason.
"We call them first to see if they are okay.
"But if they do not answer their phones, we will lodge a report with the police and the Immigration Department," the spokesman said.
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Private colleges keep a close eye on their foreign students. Nilai University College business development senior manager Lim Ming Hsiang said it was compulsory for international students to pay a whole year's tuition fees in advance when they register.
"This helps us a lot in terms of preventing students from running away or misusing their permits. We are careful when it comes to accepting students who are older than 21 since there have been reports that some of them come in as students but with the intention to work."
Lim said 38 per cent of its 3,000 students were foreigners but there had been no problems.
He said the Immigration Department would penalise the college if a foreign student was found to be overstaying.
A spokesman for KDU College said the institution kept a constant watch on its foreign students and issued warning letters to those who were absent from classes for more than three days without a valid reason.
"We call them first to see if they are okay.
"But if they do not answer their phones, we will lodge a report with the police and the Immigration Department," the spokesman said.
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