VARESE, 17 June 2024- WEP, leading organization in the sector of cultural and linguistic exchanges in the world, also offered for the 2024/2025 school year scholarships throughout the Italian territory for the school program abroad to the brightest and most deserving students.
In the last two months between Varese and province they were delivered well 4 WEP scholarships: the first was assigned at the “Ernesto Cairoli” Classical High School in Varese to the student Francesco Pizzitola. The second was awarded to the student Alfonso Censabella at the “Galileo Ferraris” State Scientific High School of Varese, in the presence of Principal Marco Zago and Barbara Tulli (WEP contact person). At theIS Giovanni Falcone of Gallaratein the presence of the principal and professor Carolina Parmigiani the third was given to Leila Gharbi, while at the ITE Enrico Tosi of Busto Arsizio student Martina Forner received the fourth WEP scholarship awarded in the Varese area and province.
For the next school year, the students Leila and Martina have both decided to spend a one-year study program in United Stateswhile the student Alfonso will leave to spend a year in Germany and Francesco chose to study in Canada.
Study trips abroad are recognized by both students and teachers as an excellent opportunity for personal growth and of broadening of horizons of young starters.
“I am very happy to receive this scholarship and I am very excited about the idea that I will leave for Germany next year. I can’t wait to learn more about a new language and get to know and experience a reality completely different from mine” comments on winner of the Alfonso Cesanbella scholarship.
“Cultural exchanges and student mobility represent not only an enrichment of one’s knowledge and an opportunity to strengthen linguistic skills, but above all a path of personal growth that develops autonomy, given that students find themselves facing new experiences on a daily basis out of theirs “comfort zone”” he claims Carolina Parmigiani, teacher and mobility contact at the IS Giovanni Falcone of Gallarate.
With the WEP High School Program, students have the opportunity to improve their knowledge of a foreign language and live for a year, a semester or a quarter abroad, in close contact with a culture different from their own. For the entire duration of their stay, in fact, the children are hosted by a family and follow courses in a local school: a perfect opportunity to learn about the habits, customs and habits of a country different from their own. For young people, spending a period of study abroad is a real challenge that requires adaptation and respect for the host country, and which allows for all-round growth: personal, linguistic and cultural.
In view of the summer departures, the delivery of 115 WEP scholarships is expected throughout Italy with the addition of another 27 in anticipation of the winter departures, for a total of 142 WEP scholarships awarded nationwide during 2024. Registrations for study trips abroad are also already open forschool year 2025/2026 with 70 scholarships made available by WEP.
