Essay on Foreign Employment and Development

Foreign employment is the process of going to foreign country for job opportunities. The number of people going for foreign employment is increasing day by day in Nepal. Foreign employment has become so common in our country. People either he is educated or uneducated go foreign country to work.

Why people of Nepal go for foreign employment?

Most of the educated people in Nepal are unemployed . They don’t get employment opportunities. They complete their education by spending lots of money but they can’t earn that much money in Nepal through job. So most of people in Nepal go for foreign employment . Also there is lack of employment opportunities in the country.

Advantages of foreign employment

Foreign employment has contributed a lot in the development of the country . The one who was wasting his time sitting at home has got employment and earns money. Some of the advantages of foreign employment are:

• Improvement in Lifestyle: The member of the family who has gone to foreign ,earns money and send to thier family. Comparing the status of family then and now, huge difference can be seen. The lifestyle has been improved of such people. They are making new houses of concrete. They are buying motorcycles, houses and various things with the money they get from foreign country.
• People are employed: Before people were wasting their time sitting at home due to lack of employment. After they have got opportunity to work in foreign , they are now no more unemployed. The number of employed people has increased.
• Development in the economy of the country : When people of Nepal send money from foreign country , government takes tax. The money which is sent to Nepal from foreign country is called remittance. Government impose some percentage of tax on remittance. Hence, the economy of the country is improved.

Disadvantages of foreign employment

People who works in foreign country has to face various problems. Mostly youths go to foreign from our country Nepal. Some of the disadvantages of foreign employment are:

• Long family distance : People who go to foreign miss their family members. They have to stay away from their loved ones. The husband has to stay away from his wife. A father has to stay without looking the face of his children. A son has to stay away from his mother and father .
• Country Lacks Manpower : All the youths of Nepal are flying to abroad. The old ones, women and children are left in the country. The country remains in the lack of educated and trained manpower. This is the reason why our country is still undeveloped.

Solution of foreign employment in Nepal

Foreign employment is good but at the same time, it is affecting very negatively to our country. The manpower of our country are going to abroad due to which the country is getting back day by day. The government should take strict action to solve this problem. People should get employment on our own country . Government should create opportunities of employment in the country.

The education system should be modified. Traditional education system is still prevalent in Nepal which is not so useful . Such education is good just for degrees not for living . Education which can make a person independent such type of education should be given then only our country will move on the path of development.

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