Higher number of students at private universities

TIRANA, Sep 22 – The preliminary figures indicate that private universities, whose number has significantly increased in the last years, will have a higher number of students this academic year.
Numbers show that more students are choosing the private option with 28 percent of the total number in the last four years.
Last year the country’s 11 public universities covered 76 percent of the students. The rest of the students, or 12,166 followed 17 private universities.
There are education experts who doubt the quality of private institutions and stand behind the public option saying they have high quality and a demanding staff.
Last January the Albanian government said the country will compile a ranking of the country’s colleges, conducted by an experienced international agency.