MICE | Revamped education expo back in town

The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES), together with The Venetian Macao, will hold the ‘International Higher Education Exposition of Macao’ at the Cotai Expo for three days starting on March 13.  It aims to promote  opportunities with international higher education providers to local graduating students.
The exposition, previously known as the Macau Education Fair, will see 112 exhibitors and 110 booths from around the globe, including from mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This year, the event will also include newly participating tertiary institutions from Switzerland and Austria.
In a press conference held yesterday afternoon, GAES representative Ms Lo Lai Peng told the Times that a number of participating tertiary institutions were invited by different consulates. The GAES certified that the attending institutions are accredited.
Lo Lai Peng added that the education fair welcomes students from senior high schools, with a total of 18 consultations on career prospects and subject selection to be made available. It also features 50 seminars on further studies organized by participating colleges and institutes.
According to the latest statistics provided by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, there were a total of 4,794 secondary school graduates pursuing higher education in 2013, accounting for 87.8 percent of the total number of graduates, with Taiwan, mainland China, the US and Hong Kong the most preferred destinations.
The organizers expect the three-day event to attract at least 10,000 attendees. Staff reporter