Serbia ranked number 1 in the world by brain drain

BELGRADE - President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) Vladimir Kostic warned yesterday that Serbia is ranked first in the world by brain drain and added that in 10 to 15 years there could be a serious deficit of available resources with higher education, reported Serbian portal "Koreni".

"Certain data indicate a scenario: more rooms than students, and less students then we need for development. One of the consequences is the race for students, considering that is the basis of financial security for higher education institutions. And what about the quality?" warned Kostic in an interview with Novi magazin.

He reminded that according to PISA testing in 2012, 45.5 percent of students in Serbia are functionally illiterate, while only two percent of students were in the highest category and that it certainly isn't the fault of students.

Kostic cited...