Foreign students attending English language courses at local licensed English Language Teaching (ELT) schools in 2022 amounted to 56,675, marking an increase of 28,822 over 2021, the National Statistics Office said today.

The largest share of students attending local licensed ELT schools in Malta came from Italy (16.3%), followed by France (13.1%).

The NSO noted that the most popular course uptake in local licensed ELT schools was Intensive English at 69.4%. Foreign students enrolled in local licensed ELT schools accounted for 246,314 student weeks.

Staff employed in local licensed ELT schools last year numbered 1,129, the majority being teaching/academic staff (54.75%).

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