Press Release

   BEIJING, Jan. 5 /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 second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2006, before the U.S. market opens on January 16, 2007. New Oriental's management will host an earnings conference call at 8 AM on January 16, 2007 U.S. Eastern Time (9 PM on January 16, 2007 Beijing/Hong Kong time).

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

    US Toll Free:    +1-866-578-5771
    US:              +1-617-213-8055
    Hong Kong:       +852-3002-1672
    China Toll Free: +86-10-800-130-0399

   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 11 AM on January 23, 2007 U.S. Eastern Time:

   International: +1-617-801-6888

   Passcode: 38993793

   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 more information, please contact:

    China:

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

     Mr. Rory Macpherson
     Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
     Tel:   +86-10-8520-6553
     Email: rory.macpherson@ogilvy.com

    United States:

     Mr. 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-                             01/05/2007
    /CONTACT: China - Ms Sisi Zhao of New Oriental, +86-10-6260-5566 x8203, or
zhaosisi@staff.neworiental.org, or Mr Rory Macpherson of Ogilvy,
+86-10-8520-6553, or rory.macpherson@ogilvy.com; US - Mr. Thomas Smith of
Ogilvy, +1-212-880-5269, or thomas.smith@ogilvypr.com, for New Oriental /
    /Web site: http://investor.neworiental.org
               http://english.neworiental.org /
    (EDU)

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





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