Study Abroad

A train of getting education from foreign country is going on in Nepal. Almost 30 % of Nepalese students are going to foreign country to study and fulfill their dream. One of the mostly traveled countries for studying abroad by Nepalese student is the USA. Lots of people has traveled to Australia and Germany as well.

According to the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from U.S. department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the number of Nepali student enrolled at U.S. Colleges and universities grew 25 percent last year (2005/2006) placing Nepal among the top 20 countries sending students to study in United states. According to them 4,861 students are studying in United states by the fiscal year 2005/2006.

From the above data of USA only, we could imagine that how many people are interested in studying aboard. When I think about above mentioned data, I am forced to remember the economy of Nepal. Lots of Nepalese people money is being flowed to foreign country for study. As far as I am concerned, the minimum amount of money that one Nepali student will spend in one fiscal year will be around $12,000. So yearly $12,000 times 4861, which will be equal to $58,332,000 is being flowed to U.S. only, which is really bad for Nepal’s economy. This is the amount of country flowed to USA only. There are lots countries where students are studying such as Australia, Germany, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland, Japan, China, India, Russia, Cyprus etc. So my friends, you can imagine yourself, how much of Nepali rupees are flowing out from our country. Which Nepal can save, if Nepal provides quality education and does not have strikes everyday. I don’t want to blame student for that but for the political condition of the Nepal. Almost strike for everyday in country which is directly hampering in the educational sector of Nepal is major cause for students to find options like foreign country.

I don’t mean to say that we are loosing only by students studying abroad. We are gaining a lot as well. Lots of students are getting quality education from qualified universities due to which we can hope for better future of Nepal.