LBEF RESEARCH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Author(s):Aashiya Rajbhandari, Anwesha Sthapit

Abstract:This article studies the global migration dynamics of Kathmandu particularly on the local level educational institutions affected by the desire of hundreds of thousands of students to undertake studies abroad and seek jobs. The trend of student migration was highlighted and study also analyzed the impact of the trend on the trends of enrollment, faculty performance and education quality. A mixed-methods approach was undertaken to obtain data, including student and teacher surveys as well as legislator interviews. Studies make a case that international migration has more than increased pressure on local colleges to internationalize, it has decreased retention of students and led to brain drain. Migration seems to offer opportunity at an individual level but leads, as the study notes, systemic challenges for the education sector in the Kathmandu valley. Also includes recommendations for policies aimed at both local education expansion and sending students abroad.

Keywords:International Migration, Education System, Kathmandu, Brain Drain, Higher Education