Nepal, June 3 -- Despite earning higher education within the country, many Nepali youths are compelled to remain either unemployed or accept jobs with very low salaries, leading to a frightening surge in youth migration abroad.

In the past seven years alone, nearly Rs 500 billion has flowed out of the country as young people seek better education and opportunities abroad.

According to data from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MoEST) and Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), a total of 543,833 Nepali students received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for foreign study between the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19 and the mid-March 2024/25.

During this period, a staggering Rs 493.09 billion has been spent in the name of higher education in...