Press Release

BEIJING, March 31 /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 third fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2008, before the U.S. market opens on April 16, 2008. New Oriental's management will host an earnings conference call at 8 AM on April 16, 2008 U.S. Eastern Time (8 PM on April 16, 2008 Beijing/Hong Kong time).

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

    US:        +1-617-213-8843
    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."

A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following number until April 23, 2008:

International: +1-617-801-6888

Passcode: 47274026

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

     Mr. Derek Mitchell
     Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Beijing)
     Tel:   +86-10-8520-6284
     Email: derek.mitchell@ogilvy.com

    In the United States:

     Mr. Jeremy Bridgman
     Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (New York)
     Tel:   +1-212-880-5363
     Email: jeremy.bridgman@ogilvypr.com

SOURCE  New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.
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    /CONTACT: In China: Ms. Sisi Zhao of New Oriental Education and Technology
Group Inc., +86-10-6260-5566 x8203, or zhaosisi@staff.neworiental.org; or Mr.
Derek Mitchell of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, +86-10-8520-6284, or
derek.mitchell@ogilvy.com; Or In the United States: Mr. Jeremy Bridgman of
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, +1-212-880-5363,
jeremy.bridgman@ogilvypr.com /
    /Web Site: http://english.neworiental.org
               http://investor.neworiental.org /
    (EDU)

CO:  New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.
ST:  China
IN:  CPR EDU FIN MLM
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