DATE OF BOARD MEETING (Form 6-K)

DATE OF BOARD MEETING

The board of directors (the 'Board') of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (the 'Company') hereby announces that a meeting of the Board will be held on Friday, September 24, 2021 for the purposes of, among other matters, approving the audited results of the Company for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021 and its publication.

Beijing, China, September 13, 2021

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises Mr. Michael Minhong Yu, Mr. Chenggang Zhou and Mr. Louis T. Hsieh as directors and Mr. Robin Yanhong Li, Mr. Denny Lee and Mr. John Zhuang Yang as independent directors.