Remittance and Its Impact on Education: A Case Study of Bhumesthan V.D.C. in Dhading District

Abstract

This thesis is entitled as Remittance and Its Impact on Education: A Case Study of Bhumesthan V.D.C. in Dhading District. Remittance is the workers compensation income obtained from the international labor market to the home. Nepalese economy is mostly dependent on remittance. Remittance has become a major source of livelihood to most of the Nepalese people and of course it has become a source of educating children. Considering this fact I have chosen remittance and its impact on education as the title of my study. The objectives of this study were to examine the sources and volume of remittance inflow at the household level, to find out the uses of remittance and to assess the impact of remittance on education. This study was based on survey research design with descriptive and analytical approach of interpretation. The area of the study was Bhumesthan VDC of Dhading district. Out of 200 households of remittance income generated only 50 HH (25% of total HH) were taken as the sample. Simple size constituted 22 male and 28 female households head. The primary data was collected with the help of household survey, field work, questionnaire and interview. The collected data were descriptively and statistically analyzed and interpreted. Simple mathematical methods like average, percentage were used. The charts and tables were used to display the data and they were organized by dividing then into the main and sub-topics according to the nature of data. This study has derived the findings that he sources and volume of remittance inflows and its current situation is high in the study area. The households have used the remittance in different areas as like in consumption of goods. Purchasing land and house, entertainment, health, education and family expenditure. However, the study shows that remittance income is primarily spent on consumption of good in comparison to other aspects. As the impact of remittance on education, it has been found that the majority of remittance owned household have admitted their children in boarding school, they educated them through tuition and coaching class. The number of passing rate is has found as increased in comparison to past. These are the major impact of remittance income in education. Due to the lack of job opportunity in the country, most of people are migrated for foreign employment. The do not get job opportunity in the country. So, they choose foreign employment to decrease family loan, to earn high amount of money are the major causes for migrant. The study shows that unofficial channels are often used to remit their foreign remittance. The tendency of going abroad is increasing day by day. Thus, it is not minded in appropriate time, the present tendency of use remittance will certainly bring shocks for national economy. More expenditure on land purchasing, social ceremony should control in such a way that they use only domestic production, investment on education and it can help to preserve foreign currency.