Italian students flock abroad to study

(ANSA) - Rome, October 1 - 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.