Exodus of Northeast Students Fuelled by Scholarships

Government as Well as Private Scholarships Are Helping Students From This Region to Attain Their Goal of Studying Outside and Do Something Substantial for Their Region Later.
 

- Arindram Saikia

Every year, we see a mass exodus of students of Northeast India travelling to the ‘mainland’ in search of better educational opportunities. While there are concerns over this trend, fuelled by Northeast’s slow pace of development, the fact remains that these brains are boosting the region’s image by serving the rest of the world, and indirectly stimulating the soft power of the Northeast. The region’s youth are becoming more assertive in their various professional fields where they have made a mark in India and abroad. It has been possible only after a huge chunk of the young population decided to venture out to educational hubs of the country and elsewhere. The current generation of Northeasterners comprising of young and energetic people have been able to shun complacency which only augurs well for the region.

According to reports, the annual average increase in migration is around 15 percent in the last five years. Delhi is one of the most preferred destinations for Northeast migrants with almost half the percentage of the migrants moving to the capital city alone. One of the key push factors for young people leaving the Northeast region remains the question of employment, the lack of avenues in the region, especially in the professional service sectors.

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