Vishwa Vika of Birendranagar-1 has three children aged 12, 7 and 4 years. All three of his children have not been able to go to regular school, the main reason for that is that they have reached Kalapahad in India with their children and wife. After the economic situation weakened, his family came to India in search of work. He sometimes stays at home for a few months with his children. He said that when he was at home, his children, who were studying at Deepmala Primary School in the village, would stop their studies when they were in India. Vishwa says that children's education has become very weak when they only go to school for a few months a year.

Some time ago, he left his wife and children at home and went to India after having problems with his studies. He said that he had to move to India with his family again after finding it difficult to meet the household expenses. "We went to India with our family after it was difficult to make ends meet in the evening and morning," he said. On the one hand, he was unable to read. On the other hand, there is the worry of not being able to educate the children.'

He reached India with only his wife who was sick. On the other hand, children do not go to school, the village and the market are destroyed. He said that he also took his children with him. He says that everyone in India is working according to their ability. He told that the whole family was forced to go to India because there was no land to earn money except for a small house. Not only the world, but most of the parents of Karnali, whose economic condition is weak, take their children with them to India . Parents with school going children travel to different parts of India in search of work. Due to this, not only the students miss their studies, their results are also poor . 

According to Manju Sunar, principal of Deepmala Basic School located in Birendranagar-1, at the beginning of the previous academic session, around 143 students were enrolled in the school. Among them, 25 to 30 students do not come to school every day. "Most of the children go to India with their parents, some students do not return from India," she says, "some come with their parents and take exams within a month or two of admission, some return after a year." Those who come only to take exams cannot go to higher classes, they also drop out of school as they get older. 

According to Principal Sunar, two students reached India while studying in class 3. Stayed there 2 years ago and again went to school last year for admission in class 3 . She said that they could not take admission as their name was not in the school system. "It is difficult to re-enroll students who have dropped out in the system," she said. Husband used to go to India for employment. After the problem of earning a living, Kavita along with her husband left the education of their 2 sons and went to Chandigarh, India. She said that she is also working there along with her husband. "One person's income was not enough to study and live," she said, "as she could not live alone, she brought her children to India." She said that even though she enrolled her sons in a local school, they could not study because of language problems. She said that even though it is easy for both of them to work, she regrets missing the children's education.

Family problems go abroad

Due to family problems, children are moving from one place to another in India or from one place to another in search of work with their parents. School teacher Jhuplal KC said Rihan KC, who is studying in class 4 in Mahendra Secondary School located in Musikot Municipality-13 of Rukum West, went to India with his father. After the death of his mother, his grandmother and father have reached Shimla, India. He also went abroad with his parents. He said that other students of the school also went to different places in India with their working parents.

According to headmaster KC, 3 students of class 2 have reached India with their parents. He said that 1 student of class 4 and 2 students of class 6 have reached India. He said that although some of them return home during Dasain, most of them come only during exams. He said that children from families with poor economic conditions enter India with their families. "Families go to India to earn money and children are taken along," he said. They are asking for documents from here. But because of the lack of language, it is heard that they dropped out of school in the middle.'' He said, ``Age increases . Class cannot increase . The economic situation is weak. They drop out of education and go here or to India, this is the fate of poor families.'

Ramshila Vick, a ward member of Gurans rural municipality-2 in Dailekh, said that when most people go to India in search of work, they also take their children with them. There is a similar problem in our ward. Many children have not been able to read . They have gone to India with their parents," she said. "It is an old practice to go to India for employment from slums where there is a majority of the Dalit community. We have many poor families. The condition of the Dalit community is miserable. If they go to India in search of work, they take their children along with them. She said that even after informing the village council, the problem was not resolved.

Lal Bahadur Thapa, the headmaster of Nera Mavi Choukune-2 Lagam, which is located in Chokune Rural Municipality-1, 2 and 3 service areas in the western region of Surkhet, says that if the local residents do not go to India, there is no way to find employment . He says, "Those who are in better financial condition go down to Birendranagar or Kailali and their children are educated there." Due to poverty, 15 to 20 percent of children come to India with their parents.

Although some children who have come to India come to take the exam, he said that after the implementation of the school information management system, there is a problem in getting them to participate in the exam. He said that only a few students enrolled in class 11 and 12 come to study. Earlier, only men went to India for employment, but lately women have also been going. Women also take children with them when they leave. This has also resulted in low attendance of students in schools . He said that in the review of the academic session 2081 in the municipality, there was a report that the school attendance was low. He said that out of 17 students enrolled in class 11 in the school in the last academic session, 7 students and 12 students out of 39 students enrolled in class 12 are going to India, so they are not coming to class regularly. He told that the problem of other classes is also similar.  

7 percent of children are out of reach of school

According to the Ministry of Social Development of Karnali Province, 7.1 percent of children in Karnali are out of reach of school . According to the ministry, 13.6 percent of children in Dolpa and Jumla have not been able to go to school.

In Surkhet, the lowest 6.1 percent children are out of reach of school . Similarly, 11.6 percent in Humla, 9.3 percent in Mugu, 6.9 percent in Dailekh, 6.8 percent in Salyan, 6.7 percent in Jajarkot, 6.2 percent in Calikot and Rukum Paschim have not gone to school.

According to the National Census 2078, 18 thousand 543 children of Karnali aged 5 to 12 years do not go to school. In which there are 8,995 girls and 9,666 boys. This also shows that children studying in public schools are deprived of going to school due to various reasons .

Most of the children from financially poor families study in public schools. In Karnali, the rate of students dropping out is also high. According to the data of the Ministry of Social Development of the state government, out of 100 students enrolled in class 1, only 80 students reach class 5. According to the statistics of the Ministry, schools are dropping out at a rate of 20 percent at every level.

Children's education is continuously difficult

It has become a tradition for children of Karnali to go abroad with their parents. Due to this, students are leaving their studies in the middle and working in India at a school age. Balveer Sunar, the official of Education Planning Data and Research Branch of the Ministry of Social Development, says that children from poor families are forced to go to India with their parents while they are studying.

To solve this problem, a parent education program has been conducted. He said, "We have conducted a Dalit parent education program". We are also doing awareness programs in coordination with various organizations. We also run an admission campaign.' But he says that the children could not be stopped. He said that it is necessary to find a means of parenting education and income generation. Sunar says that even though the number of children going to India is not very high, they cannot be stopped.

Local Pitambar Dhakal says that there is no one to take care of children when they go to India for employment. He said, "Parents have to face many problems while going to work". Children are also being killed. In addition to missing out on education, there is also a problem with nutrition.' He said that the government could not do anything about it immediately.

This problem in the form of seasonal migration is rampant in Karnali, says Govind Koirala, President of Community School Management Committee Federation, Karnali Province. Koirala says that this situation has been created due to poverty and lack of employment at the local level. After the parents go to Kalapahar to earn, the children cannot be left in the village, so they have to take them with them. He said, "They come back only in the face of the exam, some don't even come back". This has weakened the learning and result rate of Karnali students, it also increases the dropout rate.'