Mountain View School Division’s International Student Program didn’t suffer from a decision made by the Province.
The provincial government decided to cut back on medical coverage for foreign students.
Bart Michaleski, Secretary/Treasurer for MVSD, tells us the amount the division had to pay for this year.
“The shortfall we will be facing for the fall, because this comes into effect in the fall, is about $4000 for the year; simply because when we are recruiting students, we’re typically recruiting them as much as a year in advance. We have to have our tuition schedules in place a year in advance, so we had already set the fees for medical insurance for next year is it’s about $4000.”
The division will increase the fees for the fall of 2019, and it will only go up by 1 per cent to cover medical insurance.
Despite having to pay more, Michaleski noted students are coming out a head, because thanks to insurance companies, they will be getting more medical coverage than before.
The increase in fees didn’t deter anyone from participating in the program and this coming year is looking like one of the division’s most successful ones.
