Erasmus students 'still in the dark'

Maltese students in the Erasmus education programme who are due to start their foreign experience in a few days' time still don't know if they are going to benefit from the financial assistance promised by the government, student organisation Pulse said today.

Last June students who planned to study abroad were informed that they were to receive a €300 grant per month, the organisation said.

"This grant seemed to be a solution offered by the Education Ministry following the suspension of European funds the previous May," Pulse said. However those students who had asked when they would be given the funds had not been given the relevant information.

"Pulse believes that the Government should make it clear if the students going on Erasmus can benefit or not from the funds allocated to the Direct Exchange Programme Scheme. Students who have planned to study abroad in these exchanges need this information to put their minds at rest and continue their experience as planned," it insisted.