Expectations and Struggles of Students on Study Abroad

Student migration is rapidly growing in the recent years in Nepal. Every year thousands of students leave the country to pursue their higher education to the different developed countries across the world. However, they undergo through the financial, social, cultural and personal challenges during their educational journey in the international universities and colleges. Despite these adversities, few of them return to Nepal with experiences. Additionally, this study outlines the process of students’ mobility and their achievement after completion of abroad study. Considering the youth trend of study abroad, this study addresses the research question: how do the Nepali students narrate their stories of the process and outcome of abroad study? Applying youth anthropology as a theoretical referent the research analyzes the experiences of youth mobility. For this, I employed narrative inquiry assuming that the stories of student mobility and its outcome challenge the educational and employment aspirations of youth in Nepal. I narrated the stories of participants in third person blending the interpretive and critical paradigms to generate meaning of their stories.