The quest for quality education: international remittances and rural-urban migration in Nepal

Acharya, Chakra Pani; Leon-Gonzalez, Roberto

doi:10.1080/21632324.2018.1429834

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“…Although schools themselves are poorly capable of and accepting them, there needs further research since male-migration may have negatively implicated into children's education, exposure, and performance. Acharya and Leon-Gonzalez (2019) found better impact of remittance in education of children, particularly in rural households of Nepal, while there is variation in way of parenting between knowledgeable and just literate parents in Chinese immigrant mothers of Holland (Zheng, Haan, & M& Koops, 2019). This phenomenon reflects that education, in the form of knowledge, changes traditional gender roles and identities.…”

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Male out-migration from the Himalaya: implications in gender roles and household food (in)security in the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal

Pandey

2021

Migration and Development

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This paper investigates implications of male labour migration in gender roles and identity of women, and household food security outcome in the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal. The study covers three study-clusters located at different ecological zones: Meghauli in Tarai, Lumle in Middle-Mountains, and Upper-Mustang in Trans-Himalaya. Data on private domain were collected through face-to-face interview in 360 households while data on public domain were obtained from group discussions conducted in 24 communities, and Key Informants Interviews taken with 75 individuals. The findings indicate that outmigration of men compelled women shoulder additional work-burden. Feminisation of agriculture and communities has reduced farm-production and increased food insecurity in terms of self-production. However, it is compensated by remittance sent by migrants and associated increase in access to marketed food. Despite male out-migration giving opportunity to women to be a household manager, it is limited to be a de facto household-head who lacks control over household assets. They have poor influence in community decision-making too, though increased the participation. Women in the basin are performing the roles of both men and women so are lacking particular gender identity. These findings indicate the need of integrating gender policy with migration, agriculture, and food security policies of Nepal.

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confidence: 92%

Male out-migration from the Himalaya: implications in gender roles and household food (in)security in the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal

Pandey

2021

Migration and Development

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“…argued, youths have limited access to material and political resources that leads to deprivation or marginalization (Potter et al 2012). This claim is reflected in the ever-increasing trend of youth migration abroad for work since the end of Moist insurgency in 2006 (Acharya and Leon Gonzalez 2018). Similarly, SDP focus on youth needs further attention as youth are socially malleable, open to external intervention, or in need of social control (Darnell et al 2016).…”

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Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) Organisations and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Nepal

Sapkota

Neupane

2018

Glob Soc Welf

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With growing empirical evidences of sport's positive impacts on socioeconomic development and peacebuilding, there is progress in theorizing sport as a vehicle for social change and global growth of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) organisations; undoubtedly, the SDP sector can play a significant role in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), particularly in the least developed countries (LDCs). However, local SDP organisations and related government policies in LDCs have rarely been studied, and there have been no studies conducted yet focusing Nepal. Thus, this paper explores the grassroots SDP organisations in Nepal and have found that 'Youth and Sport' related non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are proliferating since 1990, increasing from 157 to 3,799 in 2000, and recently reaching 11,886 in July 2017, thus contributing to the SDGs in many ways. However, the government has had no independent and organized SDP policy so far, and the related policies reviewed in the several policy documents are also not well linked with the national SDG framework and remain far apart from the global SDP movement. To develop a well-functioning SDP sector in countries like Nepal, we suggest further exploration of the 'Youth and Sport' NGOs and developing a comprehensive, independent national SDP policy that accelerates the achievement of SDGs in Nepal.

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“…Parents play a vital role in educating their children and those who perceive positively that there can be future returns from education are more likely to send their children to school compared to those who want an immediate economic return (Sharma & Dangal, 2019). One important motivation for families migrating to urban areas among rural households having members abroad is the search for a better education for their children (Acharya & Leon-Gonzalez, 2019). Parents who migrated for employment have gone through various trials, toils, and difficulties because of their illiteracy and unskilled capacity.…”

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Effect of Parental Seasonal Labor Migration on Children’s Care and Educational Performance in Rural Nepal

Dangal¹,

Raj²

2023

OJSS

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This article focuses on the effect of parental migration on the care and educational performance of left-behind children of migrant families. This ethnographic study was conducted among the Kham people in Kankri, Rukum East district of the western mid-hill region of rural Nepal. Information was collected through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and living in the community in their setting. Income from parental labor migration provided families with food, clothing, access to basic health services, and investment in their children’s education. Left-behind children lacked parental care with proper guidance and emotional support, so they started taking alcohol, Charash (marijuana resin), and showing violent behavior. Children from migrant households have school absences and poorer educational performance as they are required to help with household work and lack guided learning at home. Children lose interest in studying, and those who miss upper-class admission because of seasonal migration drop out of school and join the migration. Parents select private or government schools for their children depending on remittance, quality of education, network availability, and future opportunities. Parents who had hardships during their migration are determined to educate their children in school, but they do not provide equal educational opportunities for boys and girls. Seasonal migrant workers anticipate that their children will engage in seasonal work during school breaks so that they can contribute to their schooling costs.

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The quest for quality education: international remittances and rural-urban migration in Nepal

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

Male out-migration from the Himalaya: implications in gender roles and household food (in)security in the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal

Male out-migration from the Himalaya: implications in gender roles and household food (in)security in the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal

Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) Organisations and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Nepal

Effect of Parental Seasonal Labor Migration on Children’s Care and Educational Performance in Rural Nepal

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