Photo: FELDOM Malta Though Malta’s language schools saw student numbers increase considerably last year, numbers remain far below the levels reported before the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. National Statistics Office figures show that 27,853 foreign students attended courses at local licensed English Language Teaching schools last year, representing
27,853 foreign students attended language courses at English Language Teaching schools (ELT) last year - 68.9% more than in 2020 but still far below the 83,600 in 2019, the last full year before COVID-19. RELATED STORIES English language schools are bracing for another crippling summer Language schools set to lose up to €40m The majority of students
In 2021, foreign students attending English language courses at local licensed English Language Teaching (ELT) schools numbered 27,853, equivalent to an increase of 68.9 per cent over 2020, the NSO said Thursday. In 2020, the number had drastically decreased because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The total number of student weeks for 2021 totalled 137,108