Press Release

   BEIJING, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU), the largest provider of private educational services in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2008, before the U.S. market opens on January 20, 2009. New Oriental's management will host an earnings conference call at 8 AM on January 20, 2009 U.S. Eastern Time (9 PM on January 20, 2009Beijing/Hong Kong time).

    Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:

     US:         + 1 617.213.8847
     Hong Kong:  + 852 3002.1672
     UK:         + 44 207.365.8426

   Please dial-in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call. The passcode is "New Oriental earnings call."

   A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following number until January 27, 2009:

   International: + 1 617.801.6888

   Passcode: 42733134

   Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://investor.neworiental.org .

   About New Oriental

   New Oriental is the largest provider of private educational services in China based on the number of program offerings, total student enrollments and geographic presence. New Oriental offers a wide range of educational programs, services and products consisting primarily of English and other foreign language training, test preparation courses for major admissions and assessment tests in the United States, the PRC and Commonwealth countries, primary and secondary school education, development and distribution of educational content, software and other technology, and online education. New Oriental's ADSs, each of which represents four common shares, currently trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ''EDU.'' For more information about New Oriental, please visit http://english.neworiental.org .

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

    In China:
     Ms. Sisi Zhao
     New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.
     Tel:   +86-10-6260-5566 x8203
     Email: zhaosisi@staff.neworiental.org

     Ms. Cynthia HeBrunswick Group LLC
     Tel:   +86-10-6566-9504
     Email: edu@brunswickgroup.com

    In the U.S.:
     Mr. Michael GuerinBrunswick Group LLC
     Tel:   +1-212-333-3810
     Email: mguerin@brunswickgroup.com