Yearender 2023: Youth exodus drains Nepali colleges

Colleges across the country are short of students, with thousands of seats unoccupied. Once booming, colleges now teeter on the edge of closure, as students see few opportunities after graduation.

On December 18, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal expressed his worries about the fast growth in the number of Nepali youths going abroad. He was addressing a convocation ceremony of Tribhuvan University.