I want to study in high school in New Zealand

Although it is now very common to study abroad in New Zealand, applying to study in a New Zealand high school is not an easy task and requires many conditions.

The first condition is financial resources. Studying abroad often competes with financial resources and requires you to invest a lot of money. Therefore, the first thing to consider when studying in New Zealand is your family's financial ability. When middle and high school students study abroad, they generally can only attend private schools. A few public schools accept foreign short-term exchange students. The cost of private schools is relatively high. For example, the total annual cost of a private high school in the United States ranges from US$30,000 to US$50,000, which is difficult for ordinary working-class people to afford. The cost of studying in a high school abroad is much higher than studying in a university abroad, because many foreign universities have many scholarships for undergraduates or graduate students (full scholarships are not uncommon), but there are relatively few in high schools. We have to admit that "the economic base determines the superstructure." Only when parents have certain financial strength can their children have a certain degree of stability in studying in high schools overseas.

There is one more thing that needs special attention, which is very important for children studying abroad. Parents who are determined that their children will study abroad are best to save a fixed amount of funds for their children's study abroad. This can avoid other risk factors affecting their children's study abroad. In addition, parents are generally required to provide proof of property before applying for study abroad in New Zealand.

The second condition is learning ability. Foreign countries generally pay attention to quality education, which is very different from domestic exam-oriented education. Children are generally required to have high learning initiative. If the children themselves do not have strong learning ability and good study habits, then even if they are struggling now After I went abroad, I didn't adapt to my studies in the first one or two years, so I couldn't keep up with the pace of study. In this case, it basically decided to get admitted to a good university. Therefore, it is important to identify your child's learning ability. We do not rule out the phenomenon that children with poor academic performance will learn very well after arriving there. There is a key factor in this, which is his learning ability.

For this reason, special attention needs to be paid to the fact that scores cannot be the only criterion for identifying learning abilities. Children should be evaluated as a whole from a developmental perspective.

The third condition is the ability to survive. It is a challenge for children to study alone in a foreign country away from their parents. When children go to high school abroad, it means starting a new life to a large extent. In most cases, when I go to high school overseas, I go alone. Children who can study abroad basically come from wealthy families. It is undeniable that children from wealthy families in China have poor ability to take care of themselves. The loneliness and inability to adapt to life without their parents will have some negative psychological effects on the children. If problems in life arise and cannot be solved, it is likely to affect their learning. Therefore, before studying abroad, you can examine your child's living ability. If you find that your living ability is not very strong, you can first give up and wait until you go to college before going out. Second, congratulations, your living ability can be cultivated. You can spend a certain amount of time and energy to improve your children's living abilities, starting with step-by-step guidance. In this way, you can also ensure that your children have a basic ability to survive abroad.

The fourth condition is language ability. For children who have been at home, communication with others abroad is a major problem. This condition for studying in New Zealand is very necessary, because if you don’t speak a fluent foreign language when you go abroad, even your meals will be a big problem. Therefore, children's language ability, especially English ability, has become one of the necessary conditions for studying abroad. IELTS or TOEFL, which are generally required to be assessed before going abroad, are a major test of foreign language ability.

For this reason, special attention needs to be paid to the fact that the foreign language ability of junior high school students is generally in the initial stage. Therefore, the indicator assessment of foreign language ability can be changed to "whether the child has the ability to learn foreign languages." If the child's learning ability Strong, even if the foreign language foundation is not good now, through a period of intensive training or with the help of some additional tutoring, you can reach a level that can at least adapt to living and studying abroad.

The fifth condition is motivation to study abroad. Why do you want to study abroad? This is a question worth exploring. It is undeniable that some parents choose to study abroad to avoid the embarrassment of their children getting into a good high school, or they choose to study abroad just to give their children an overseas background and to "grace themselves". But no matter what the purpose is, parents must reach an agreement with their children, that is, "I want to study abroad." If there is no strong motivation for studying abroad and the correct purpose of studying abroad, the children will easily be fascinated by the "flowery world" outside. By the time you want to change your decision, it may be too late.

New Zealand tuition fee reference

Public secondary schools: SGD 8,000~9,000 per year

Living expenses

In terms of living expenses, New Zealand immigrants The bureau requires each student to have at least NZ$7,000 in living expenses per year. Generally speaking, a student needs about NZ$7,000 to NZ$11,000 in living expenses per year, including accommodation, food, clothing, transportation and entertainment. A visa to study in New Zealand requires the applicant or his or her relatives who can serve as guarantors to have a certain amount of deposits in their accounts as a guarantee for tuition and living expenses in the new country, as well as a deposit history for a certain period. When proving the source of funds, different supporting materials are required for different situations.

Taken together, the annual cost of studying abroad in New Zealand is about 80,000 to 100,000 yuan. The guarantee deposit for studying abroad in New Zealand is RMB 300,000 (it will vary depending on the length of the course).