How many businessman have you seen who leave their business aside an start learning forex trading.? Most of the business man invest their capital through brokers or investment plans. And students get much time to learn. They have the capability to grasp anything. And nowadays investing from your pocket is not necessary for trading. There are many forums which pays for posting. they transfer all the amount earned in your investment account which can be used for trading.
If we even talk about the time, a student might have the time but what about the concentration Forex needs during the learning process and combining it with academics would be something else. Well, there might be those who can comfortably do it but for me, nothing like Forex comes in between my academics.