The higher educational infrastructure of Nepal is less than adept at meeting the growing needs of its student population. With just a few prominent universities in and around the regions of Kirtipur and Kathmandu, the higher education scenario in Nepal is deeply lacking even in terms of enrolments. Since higher education in Nepal has been so limited, Nepalese students have sought to migrate abroad to attain a higher quality of college or university education. However, many such students, after attaining their degrees, return to their home country and fulfil lucrative job roles available in Nepal. Let’s take a closer look at how higher education can help create more opportunities in Nepal.
The Advent of Diverse Disciplines
The two most popular universities of Nepal, Kathmandu University and Tribhuvan University have seen immense development in terms of faculty, courses and overall educational excellence. Since their inception from the 1960s to 1990s, these universities have collaborated with renowned Indian universities like the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for courses like MBA. Apart from these, the Institutes of Applied Science and Technology, Medicine, Agriculture and Animal Sciences and Engineering have provided a significant boost to higher education in Nepal.
Birth of Prominent Universities in Nepal
Since the 1960s, Tribhuvan University has allowed aspiring Nepali students to enrol in several undergraduate and postgraduate courses over the years, thus creating a plethora of career opportunities for Nepalese students. Other universities like Kathmandu University, Siddhartha University, Mahendra Sanskrit University, Pokhara University and Purbanchal University were established during the 1980s to 1990s that further helped to develop the sector of higher education in Nepal.
Creation of Career Opportunities in NepalWith the help of such a handful of universities, the Nepalese youth have been able to develop their skills and competencies to gain meaningful employment in several industries like medicine, law, banking and finance, sales and marketing and even higher education. As a result of such a gracious development of higher education in Nepal, some of the highest paying jobs in Nepal are:
- Doctors, who earn about 3,00,000 NPR
- Lawyers, who earn about 2,00,000 NPR
- Bank Managers, who earn about 1,90,000 NPR
- Chief Executive Officers, who earn about 1,80,000 NPR
- Dentists, who earn about 1,60,000 NPR
- College Professors, who earn about 1,44,000 NPR
- Pilots, who earn about 1,20,000 NPR
- Marketing Directors, who earn about 1,00,000 NPR
The Drawbacks of Higher Education in Nepal
Despite such a wholesome level of development, the system of higher education in Nepal has recently been caught up in a frenzy due to some emerging problems unique to the 21st century. An unprecedented population explosion, lack of qualified human resources due to brain drain, lack of tangible resources, recent political instabilities, as well as the lack of a comprehensive higher education policy, have contributed towards Nepalese students thinking more about options of foreign education.
The Role of Foreign Education
In response to all these factors, many Nepalese students have been migrating to countries like India to pursue their higher education. Top universities of India like Sharda University have been filling this gap in the needs of higher education in Nepal by providing Nepalese students with a more stable and highly accredited higher education. However, there are hopes for higher education in Nepal since these very students usually return to Nepal and work towards the development of a more robust higher education system in their home country.
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