Written by: Joya Shrestha - 25004, Grade X
Posted on: 11 November, 2022
Who are youths? Why do youths want to leave Nepal? Youths are “those persons falling between the ages of 15 and 24 years inclusive”( unevoc.unesco. org). So, why youths are leaving might be because of political instability, corruption, no sense of cooperation, etc and many more. It's a reality that every Nepali household has at least one person or more than one person who is either studying abroad or working abroad. It's not a new thing every youth dreams to leave this country at any cost for a better life. The nepotism we have in our country won’t let youths do anything here. There is dirty politics everywhere and everything.
Education in Nepal is miserable, only grade matters here. Facilities are insufficient, and faculty members are underpaid, taking the example of nurses. If we go and ask nurses about their salary they are only paid 10 thousand to 15 thousand in a month and if we do the same job abroad we are paid 6 thousand dollars or more than that. Firstly, salary matters because as per people's skill knowledge and if we don't get more money than we have invested then there is no point in doing that job. We are living in the century where money speaks. World is getting expensive everyday and “ MONEY IS THE REASON WE EXIST”. Recently there were different strikes which were related to education: No proper management of universities/colleges, misbehavior of teachers and political interference have been affecting education. About 2,400 people fill out passport forms daily and the passport department prints 6,500 passports daily (RONB). Isn’t it better to earn 3 to 4 times more than we earn in Nepal? So, Why do people leave their homeland? The only reason to go abroad is to earn money, get a better life, support your parents financially and get more facilities than we get here. We have seen the life of the previous jobless frustrated youth who were trying to do something in their nation rather than doing it in other countries. We can see the reality that nothing is going to change here because youths are the ones who can bring the change but youths are never given the chance. The situation in our country has made the life of youths terrible. We live in a country where people who have political power can only do something in this nation. Here we have to wait more than 5 years to earn the same money whereas abroad we can earn within a year. Even if they are scraping toilets for the hourly dollars or washing dishes for hourly dollars. Going abroad is not only to scrap toilets or washing dishes but it is to explore the other country, get more opportunities, self-growth, upgrade one's life, etc.
The knowledge students gain in the college/university is insufficient to motivate the youths to do something of their own. Thousands of graduates enter the job market every year, dreaming of their bright future. But their dreams break every day like the previous youth because of the lack of employment opportunities in our country and all the thousands of young people who are forced to apply abroad. And the nepotism that we have in our country might make the future of our country a frustrated jobless youth.
