AIRC Certification Board Takes 18 Actions – Certified Agencies Now in 35 Countries

25-May-2010 New York City, May 25, 2010 - The AIRC Certification Board met for the second time from May 10-12, in Washington DC. This was the first sitting of the Certification Board following the completion of the AIRC pilot phase in December 2009. The AIRC Certification Board is composed of 13 members drawn from U.S. institutions of higher education and related interest organizations. 

At its second meeting, the AIRC Certification Board took 18 actions:

• 14 recruitment agencies received AIRC Certification for the period May, 2010 to February, 2013, with interim reports required from 4 agencies
• 2 recruitment agencies received AIRC Conditional Certification with interim reports required
• 1 recruitment agency was Denied Certification
• 1 Interim Report was Approved from a previously Certified recruitment agency

Newly AIRC Certified agencies include:

1. Edwise Foundation (Nepal)
2. Keyword International Corporation Ltd. (China)
3. Universal Language and Computer Institute (Nepal)
4. Oceanic Consultants Pty Ltd (India, Australia, United Kingdom)
5. PAC Asia (Australia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka)
6. Winny Immigration & Education Services Pvt Ltd (India)
7. iae GLOBAL (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom)
8. Canam Consultants Limited (India, Kuwait)
9. Impel Overseas Education (India)
10. Kanan International Pvt Ltd (India)
11. Intelligent Partners (United Arab Emirates, Qatar)
12. SIEC (Australia, India, Singapore)
13. Disha Consultants (India)
14. Kangaroo Studies (India)
15. Viv's International Education Center - VIEC (Australia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka)
16. China Education International – CEI (China)

In all, twenty-four (24) student recruitment agencies are now AIRC Certified, representing 366 offices in 35 countries.

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