The number of students continuing post secondary education has more than doubled in the last 20 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this afternoon.

He was speaking following a visit to the Attard primary, which is part of St Nicholas College in Attard.

Malta, he said, was reaping the fruit of the massive investment in the educational sector in the past years so much so that 83 per cent of students were continuing with post secondary education.

He said that the government invested massively to improve educational standards and introduced major reforms including the college system, whereby students were getting a more holistic education.

Dr Gonzi said that the government would continue to dedicate millions to education and would be introducing technology in more schools as an important educational tool.

He said that 2,300 classrooms in state schools were equipped with interactive whiteboards and €30 million were invested in the building of new schools in the past legislatures.