Press Release

BEIJING, Sept. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 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 fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2006, before the U.S. market opens on October 17, 2006. New Oriental's management will host an earnings conference call at 8 AM on October 17, 2006 U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (8 PM on October 17, 2006 Beijing/Hong Kong time).

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

    US: 1 617 213 8066
    Hong Kong: 852 3002 1672

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''.

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of this 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. For more information about New Oriental, please visit http://english.neworiental.org .

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

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

     Cathy Li
     Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
     Tel:   +86-1381-015-4840
     Email: cathy.li@ogilvy.com

    In the United States:
     Thomas Smith
     Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
     Tel:   +1-212-880-5269
     Email: thomas.smith@ogilvypr.com

SOURCE  New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.
    -0-                  09/28/2006
    /CONTACT:  Sisi Zhao of New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.,
+86-10-6260-5566, or zhaosisi@staff.neworiental.org; or Cathy Li,
+86-1381-015-4840, or cathy.li@ogilvy.com, or Thomas Smith, +1-212-880-5269,
or thomas.smith@ogilvypr.com, both of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, for
EDU /
    /Web Site:  http://english.neworiental.org /
    (EDU)

CO:  New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.
ST:  China
IN:  CPR EDU MLM HED PUB
SU:  CCA





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