David Wiltshire and Afsaneh Rashidi from OET visited India and Sri Lanka in January on the first OET Roadshow in the region.

Representatives from organisations including language schools, healthcare educators and the major health regulators were invited to the launch of two new Test Venues in Kochi, India and Colombo, Sri Lanka. The new Test Venues will provide easier access to OET testing for local healthcare professionals.

A total of 100 teachers attended information sessions in Kochi, New Delhi and Colombo on how to prepare candidates for OET, presented by David Wiltshire. He also presented an OET preparation masterclass to a total of 200 potential candidates in each city.

Afsaneh Rashidi said: “It was wonderful to launch two new Test Venues in Kochi and Colombo, and build relationships with a large number of healthcare organisations who share OET’s aim of ensuring patient safety and quality of care, while also improving career prospects for healthcare professionals in the region”.

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OET, the English language test for healthcare professionals, will be available at a new venue from April 2017. The new Durban, KeaZulu-Natal test venue will be managed by High Stakes Assessment South Africa (HISTASSA).

Rosy Davids, Test Venue Manager – HISTASSA, says: “We are committed to providing services and offerings that meet the needs of the communities in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. By offering OET at High Stakes Assessment South Africa (HISTASSA), we are enabling healthcare professionals to demonstrate their English language proficiency for professional registration and employment purposes”.

“OET, which is owned by Cambridge English Language Assessment and the Box Hill Institute, has a unique and proven 30 year pedigree in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The decision to offer the test was an easy one to make,” she concludes.

OET CEO, Sujata Stead, said the new venue will make a huge contribution to the healthcare sector.

“I’m sure OET candidates will have an excellent experience with High Stakes Assessment South Africa. We commend them for their passion for meeting the needs of the community through empowering healthcare professionals to have the level of English communication skills required for safe and effective care,” she said.

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OET, the English language test for healthcare professionals, will be available for the first time in Malaysia at a new test venue from April. Managed by GPEX, the test will be available in Penang.

GPEX is an award-winning English Language educational service provider in Malaysia and Hong Kong. In Malaysia, GPEX has been working alongside Cambridge English Language Assessment since 2011.

Cheong Zien Wei says: “We are committed to providing an excellent service to meet the needs of healthcare professionals in Malaysia. By offering OET in addition to general Cambridge English tests, we are enabling healthcare professionals to demonstrate their English language proficiency for registration and employment in an English speaking workplace”.

“OET, which is owned by Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment, a venture between Cambridge English and the Box Hill Institute, has an excellent reputation internationally. The decision to add OET to our suite of tests was an easy one to make,” he concluded.

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OET, the English language test for healthcare professionals, will be available at a new test venue in Hamilton, New Zealand from April 2017. The new test venue will be managed by Wintec.

Jo Thomas, Director of Wintec’s Centre for Language says: “The test offered by OET at Wintec is focussed on the language skills healthcare professionals need to be successful in their roles. It’s a highly developed test which is recognised by Boards and Councils for professional registration, and by Immigration New Zealand for all visa categories”.

“By offering this test at Wintec, we are enabling healthcare professionals locally and nationally, as well as our international students to demonstrate their proficiency in English and assist them in gaining employment,” she concludes.

OET CEO, Sujata Stead, said: “I am sure OET candidates will have an excellent experience with Wintec in Hamilton on test day. We commend Wintec for their commitment to meeting the needs of the community by empowering healthcare professionals to have the level of English communication skills required for safe and effective care.”

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A new OET Test Venue has opened in Melbourne, to give a wider choice to candidates taking the English language test for healthcare professionals.

OET testing will commence at Greenwich English College, Melbourne in May 2017.

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Redhill Education General Manager, Victoria, says: “Greenwich English College in Sydney has been an OET test venue since 2014 and we are excited to now extend our test venue experience to test candidates at our new campus in the Melbourne CBD from May 2017.”
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