The number of Italian students
studying abroad has risen 55% compared to three years ago, an
Italian report on student mobility released Wednesday said.
A total of 7,300 Italian high school students in 2014 left
the country for long term study programmes, according to a study
that was conducted by the National Observatory on the
Internationalization of the Schools and Student Mobility.
By contrast, the number of high school students coming from
other countries to study in Italy for a few months numbered
3,200, an increase of 11% over 2011.
Sixty-eight percent of Italian high schools participated in
an international project this year compared to half in 2011.
Out of 431 school principals interviewed, the dominant
reasons for not participating in an international project were
poor student participation and difficulty finding funding, which
were cited by 24% and 23% of respondents, respectively.
The study, called Unemployed Generations? No Thanks, was
sponsored by the Intercultura and Telecom Italia foundations.
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