Youth Exodus A Threat To Economy

Nepal has a long history of people who obtained education abroad and returned home to serve their country in their various capacities. For example, martyrs Dasharath Chand and Shukraraj Shastri, poet Bhanubhakta Acharya and Dr. Sanduk Ruit received their education from India and hugely contributed to their respective fields. However, the trend of Nepali students pursuing further education abroad has increased exponentially in recent years, which could have negative consequences for the country's development. In the past 16 years, a total of 646,196 NOCs have been issued. In the fiscal year 2008/09 24,824 NOCs were issued, which surged to 117,563 in 2022, a staggering 373 per cent increase.