Another issue is whether children aged 14–17 (who have a limited form of legal capacity under Romanian law) should choose themselves whether to study religion, or whether their parents should make the decision. Studying abroad Since the fall of communism, the trend to study abroad has come back. The numbers of youth studying abroad has been constantly increasing, with about 50.000 youth studying at universities in foreign countries. This contributes to emigration and to the brain drain of the country. Funding Secondary education is underfunded in Romania. Parents typically contribute about 100 LEI per student per year as "class fund" (Romanian: "fondul clasei") which is used to buy chalk, etc. (Other estimates are 40 to 450 LEI.) These contributions, amounting to about 70 million euros per year for the whole country, are currently illegal. See also List of universities in Romania List of secondary schools in Romania Bologna process Vocational education Notes References External links "THE ROMANIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM, THE NATIONAL REPORT, Bucharest, March 2001" "Romania National Report, Education UNESCO World Education Forum "Education for All" country report on Romania: Romania: Education for All, Ministry of National Education, Institute For Sciences of Education, Bucharest, 1999. (Authors: Florentina Anghel, Magdalena Balica, Mircea Badescu, Irina Boca, Romulus Brâncoveanu, Diana Ghinea, Rodica Hritac, Mihaela Jigau, Andrei Novak, Cornelia Novak, and Viorica Pop. Coordinator: Cezar Bîrzea.) edu.ro - The Romanian Ministry of Education, Research and Youth Romanian Academic Forum (Forumul Academic Roman) Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma in Romania Ranking of Romanian Universities (2007). Do Romanian schools produce idiots?, The Economist, 2012 The genesis and evolution of the higher education in Romania - in statistical data, Editura Economică, 2018,