Secondary school student exchange program

Fees are paid directly to registered student exchange organisations. For further information refer to your selected student exchange organisation. In NSW, secondary exchange students are entitled to free student travel passes if they meet the requirements applicable to NSW school students.

Applications to travel companies for travel concessions should state that the student is on a secondary student exchange program. Student exchange organisations must provide support to incoming and outgoing exchange students including:.

Registered student exchange organisations act as the central liaison between schools, host families, students and their families — including general and emergency communication as well as feedback and complaints. If an issue related to a student exchange cannot be dealt with satisfactorily at the school level, contact should be made with the registered organisation.

Participants Secondary Students must: Be at least 15 years of age, but not more than 18 years and six months of age as of the program start date, or Not have finished more than 11 years of primary and secondary school, not including kindergarten; and Not have previously participated in a secondary school student academic year or semester exchange program or attended school in the United States in either F-1 or J-1 status.

Benefits Extracurricular Experiences: Students may take part in school sanctioned and sponsored extra-curricular activities, including after school sports programs. More information Students may take part in school activities, including after school sports programs. The duration indicated represents time spent abroad. This duration is also equivalent to the period when you are hosting your twin in Quebec.

For example, for a 3-month exchange in Germany, the Quebec student will go to Germany for 3 months, then receive their twin for 3 months in Quebec. The exchange programs registration fees include the following costs and services:. We recommend that you send post-dated cheques when applying. The registration fees will be reimbursed in case we are not able to pair your child.

Registration fees are non-refundable, once the pairing if confirmed, outside of exceptional situations severe illness or death. Transportation to and from Montreal is included in the registration fees for the Ministry programs Canada, Germany. The exchange is integrated into the school year. Students continue to attend full-time classes when abroad. Before their departure, students will have to organize the remedial classes they will need to take after the exchange.

Many of them even said they were more motivated in school and witnessed an improvement in their academic performance upon their return. The quality of the exchange our students experience is important to us, that is why pair each one individually in order to get the best possible match. A detailed application form allows us to get to know each student and their family well.

The pairings are based on the following criteria: common interests, age, gender, allergies, whether there are smokers or animals at home, etc. Secondary student exchange programs allow Victorian secondary students to undertake full-time overseas study programs from four to 52 weeks. Under reciprocal arrangements, overseas secondary students undertake full-time study programs in secondary schools in Victoria.

International students participating in an official student exchange program enter Australia on a subclass student visa. Official exchange students do not pay school tuition fees, and host families volunteer to provide accommodation. Student exchange programs do not include school group study tours, or short-term private visits by students holding visitor visas.

For example, they do not include students travelling with a parent or hosted by relatives.