Last financial year only 112,593 students took the Foreign Study Permit (NOC) from the Ministry of Education for studying abroad. In 2079/80, there were 110,217 people who took NOC.

Since the covid epidemic, more than one lakh students have been taking NOC to study abroad every financial year. After the covid epidemic in 2078/79, 1 lakh 12 thousand 968 people took NOC.

With the increase in the number of people going abroad for studies, the money leaving Nepal has also increased. Last year, the Ministry of Education issued NOCs for 94 subjects in 66 countries. From July 2080 to the end of June 2081, the highest number of 34,731 people took foreign study permits for Japan, according to the Ministry of Education. After Japan, the attraction of Nepali students is Canada, Australia, UK, America, South Korea and others. 

15 thousand 982 students to study in Canada, 14 thousand 372 students to study in Australia, 13 thousand 339 students to study in UK, 11 thousand 261 students to study in America, 6 thousand 889 students to study in South Korea. are

The number of students going to India, UAE for higher education studies is more than 2 thousand annually, while the number of students going to Denmark, Finland, France, New Zealand is also more than 1 thousand. The number of students going to study in the rest of the country is less than one thousand.

Kamal Prasad Pokharel, joint secretary of higher education division of the Ministry of Education, said that due to the increase in the number of people going abroad for studies, the number of students in the campus has decreased and the seats are empty. He also said that efforts are being made to increase the quality of higher education to prevent 'brain drain'. "Students go abroad for social, economic and employment reasons, but the ministry is trying to prevent it by improving the quality of education here," Pokharel said.

There is a study permit taken for studying abroad, followed by Japanese language and then management. In Japan, there is a rule that you can enroll in formal classes only after learning the language. According to the ministry, 28 thousand 891 students have taken permission to study management. Those who go abroad for study have shown the most interest in technical subjects.

10 thousand 229 people in business, 5 thousand 911 people in information technology, 5 thousand 384 in science faculty, about 5 thousand in computer science, 4 thousand 159 people in health, 4 thousand 1 in science technology 100, 4 thousand 426 students in engineering, 2 thousand 543 students in hospitality and 1 thousand 813 students in humanities faculty have taken NOC. Before the Covid epidemic, 63 thousand students went abroad to study in 2075. During the epidemic, in 076 and 077, 34,000 and 28,000 students went abroad for studies. 

Bhojraj Aryal, Professor of the Central Department of Management, Tribhuvan University, believes that the large number of students going abroad for studies is the result of the existing pressure in the society that they should go abroad for higher education. Not all students went abroad just to study. They go abroad on the pretext of studying for work,' he said, 'The country does not benefit much from students who go to study in other than technical fields.' He pointed out that there is a danger that the universities of the country may become empty because of the tendency of students to go abroad anyway. The curriculum here should be reconsidered. Even the students studying here are not reading the current content with interest. Government, university officials should seriously consider, said Aryal.  Aryal believes that many students are attracted to foreign countries because they can work along with