The reason is not far-fetched from the fact that New Zealand has had an international reputation as a provider of quality education for quite some time now. It is an attractive destination for international students because the education system is considered to be of a high quality.

New Zealand welcomes international students at all of its institutions. They can therefore benefit from achieving qualification of a consistent quality and a standard comparable to those obtained in other parts of the globe. International students can access training that led to a wide range of qualification.

Education can be defined as the process by which accumulated knowledge, skills and values are consciously or deliberately transmitted from one generation to another. It can also be defined in its broadest sense as any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, physical ability or character of an individual.  

By 1997, the international student’s population in New Zealand was 5.700. Viable research on the attainments of international students, their academic habits and performance, and graduates’ perceptions and reflections on their experience of New Zealand education.

The code of practice for the pastoral care of international students is an important document for the New Zealand ministry of education. The high quality academic education and research provide development of skills and knowledge that supports their students to compete internationally.  New Zealand is fast becoming an education destination for international students. Report has it that in 2006, the country had 95,000 students from foreign countries pursuing academic programmes.