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UNITEDSTATESSECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSIONWashington,D.
C.
20549FORM6-KREPORTOFFOREIGNPRIVATEISSUERPURSUANTTORULE13a-16OR15d-16UNDERTHESECURITIESEXCHANGEACTOF1934ForthemonthofMarch2012CommissionFileNumber:001-32993NEWORIENTALEDUCATION&TECHNOLOGYGROUPINC.
No.
6HaiDianZhongStreetHaidianDistrictBeijing100080,People'sRepublicofChina(Addressofprincipalexecutiveoffices)IndicatebycheckmarkwhethertheregistrantfilesorwillfileannualreportsundercoverofForm20-ForForm40-F.
Form20-FForm40-FIndicatebycheckmarkiftheregistrantissubmittingtheForm6-KinpaperaspermittedbyRegulationS-TRule101(b)(1):IndicatebycheckmarkiftheregistrantissubmittingtheForm6-KinpaperaspermittedbyRegulationS-TRule101(b)(7):NewOrientalEducation&TechnologyGroupInc.
(IncorporatedintheCaymanIslandswithlimitedliability)(NYSETicker:EDU)NOTICEOFANNUALGENERALMEETINGTobeheldonApril17,2012(oranyadjournedorpostponedmeetingthereof)NOTICEISHEREBYGIVENthatanannualgeneralmeeting(the"AGM")ofNewOrientalEducation&TechnologyGroupInc.
(the"Company")willbeheldat42/F,EdinburghTower,TheLandmark,15Queen'sRoadCentral,HongKongonApril17,2012at10:00a.
m.
(localtime).
NoproposalwillbesubmittedforshareholderapprovalattheAGM.
Instead,theAGMwillserveasanopenforumforshareholdersandbeneficialownersoftheCompany'sAmericanDepositaryShares("ADSs")todiscussCompanyaffairswithmanagement.
TheBoardofDirectorsoftheCompany(the"Directors")hasfixedthecloseofbusinessonMarch1,2012astherecorddate(the"RecordDate")fordeterminingtheshareholdersentitledtoreceivenoticeoftheAGMoranyadjournmentorpostponementthereof.
HoldersofrecordofourordinarysharesatthecloseofbusinessontheRecordDateareentitledtoattendtheAGMandanyadjournmentorpostponementthereofinperson.
BeneficialownersoftheCompany'sADSsarewelcometoattendtheAGMinperson.
ShareholdersandADSholdersmayobtainacopyoftheCompany'sannualreportonForm20-F,freeofcharge,fromourwebsiteathttp://investor.
neworiental.
org,orbywritingtoSisiZhao,SeniorInvestorRelationsManager,NewOrientalEducation&TechnologyGroup,No.
6HaidianZhongjie,HaidianDistrict,Beijing100080PRC,orbyemailtozhaosisi@staff.
neworiental.
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ByOrderoftheBoardofDirectors,NewOrientalEducation&TechnologyGroupInc.
/s/LouisT.
HsiehLouisT.
HsiehPresidentandChiefFinancialOfficerBeijing,ChinaMarch1,2012SIGNATUREPursuanttotherequirementsoftheSecuritiesExchangeActof1934,theregistranthasdulycausedthisreporttobesignedonitsbehalfbytheundersigned,thereuntodulyauthorized.
NewOrientalEducation&TechnologyGroupInc.
By:/s/LouisT.
HsiehName:LouisT.
HsiehTitle:PresidentandChiefFinancialOfficerDate:March6,2012ExhibitIndexExhibit99.
1–PressReleaseExhibit99.
1NewOrientaltoHoldAnnualGeneralMeetingonApril17,2012Beijing,March6,2012—NewOrientalEducationandTechnologyGroupInc.
(the"Company"or"NewOriental")(NYSE:EDU),thelargestproviderofprivateeducationalservicesinChina,todayannouncedthatitwillholditsannualgeneralmeetingofshareholdersat42/F,EdinburghTower,TheLandmark,15Queen'sRoadCentral,HongKong,China,onApril17,2012at10:00a.
m.
(localtime).
Noproposalwillbesubmittedforshareholderapprovalattheannualgeneralmeeting.
Instead,theannualgeneralmeetingwillserveasanopenforumforshareholdersandbeneficialownersoftheCompany'sAmericanDepositaryShares("ADSs")todiscussCompanyaffairswithmanagement.
TheBoardofDirectorsoftheCompanyhasfixedthecloseofbusinessonMarch1,2012astherecorddate(the"RecordDate")fordeterminingtheshareholdersentitledtoreceivenoticeoftheannualgeneralmeetingoranyadjournmentorpostponementthereof.
HoldersofrecordoftheCompany'scommonsharesatthecloseofbusinessontheRecordDateareentitledtoattendtheannualgeneralmeetingandanyadjournmentorpostponementthereofinperson.
BeneficialownersoftheCompany'sADSsarewelcometoattendtheannualgeneralmeetinginperson.
TheCompanyhasfileditsannualreportonForm20-F(the"AnnualReport"),whichincludestheCompany'sauditedfinancialstatementsforthefiscalyearendedMay31,2011,withtheU.
S.
SecuritiesandExchangeCommission(the"SEC").
TheCompany'sAnnualReportcanbeaccessedontheinvestorrelationssectionofitswebsiteatenglish.
neworiental.
org,aswellasontheSEC'swebsiteathttp://www.
sec.
gov.
HoldersoftheCompany'scommonsharesorADSsmayobtainahardcopyoftheAnnualReportfreeofchargebyemailingSisiZhao,SeniorInvestorRelationsManager,atzhaosisi@staff.
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6HaiDianZhongStreetHaidianDistrictBeijing100080,People'sRepublicofChinaAttention:Ms.
SisiZhaoAboutNewOrientalNewOrientalisthelargestproviderofprivateeducationalservicesinChinabasedonthenumberofprogramofferings,totalstudentenrollmentsandgeographicpresence.
NewOrientaloffersawiderangeofeducationalprograms,servicesandproductsconsistingprimarilyofEnglishandotherforeignlanguagetraining,testpreparationcoursesformajoradmissionsandassessmenttestsintheUnitedStates,thePRCandCommonwealthcountries,primaryandsecondaryschooleducation,developmentanddistributionofeducationalcontent,softwareandothertechnology,andonlineeducation.
NewOriental'sADSs,eachofwhichrepresentsonecommonshares,currentlytradeontheNewYorkStockExchangeunderthesymbol"EDU.
"FormoreinformationaboutNewOriental,pleasevisithttp://english.
neworiental.
orgForinvestorandmediainquiries,pleasecontact:InChina:Ms.
SisiZhaoNewOrientalEducationandTechnologyGroupInc.
Tel:+86-10-6260-5568Email:zhaosisi@staff.
neworiental.
orgMr.
HenryFraserBrunswickGroupLLCTel:+86-10-6566-2256Email:hfraser@brunswickgroup.
comIntheU.
S.
:Ms.
KateTellierBrunswickGroupLLCTel:+1-212-333-3810Email:ktellier@brunswickgroup.
com