Exhibit
12.1





Certification
Of The Chief Executive Officer - Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002








I, Toby Chu,
certify that:




1. I have reviewed
this annual report on Form 20-F of CIBT Education Group Inc. (“the
Company”);




2. Based on my
knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report;




3. Based on my
knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;




4. The Company’s
other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and
have:




(a) Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
in which this report is being prepared;




(b) Designed such
internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;




(c) Evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and




(d) Disclosed in
this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting; and




5. The Company’s
other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s
auditors and the audit committee of Company’s board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent function):




(a) All significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and




(b) Any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.




Date: March 17,
2009




By:
            /s/
      Toby ChuName:
            Toby
      ChuTitle:
            Chief
      Executive Officer