- Santosh Kumar Mahato
- Graduate School of Education Tribhuban University
In modern societies, the decision-making process of youth regarding labour migration versus pursuing higher education is influenced by multiple factors. This study aims to understand the reasons why people choose to migrate for work instead of continuing their higher education. The research uses regression analysis to study how different factors such as social, cultural, economic, educational, political, environmental, and other affects people’s decisions to migrate. Research findings indicate that social factors such as social status, improving living standards, individual development, and improve household status, cultural factors like supporting family, economic factors such as financial support to family, economic security, and lack of employment, educational factors such as high investment in education but low income, and miscellaneous factors like kinship, play pivotal roles. These findings help policymakers, educators, and others to understand why young people do migrate and find out better solutions to promote higher education.
