The Problem of Brain Drain
Migration of people from home country to work and live in another country is called ‘Brain Drain,’ Every country strives at giving good education to its students with the hope that when they start working they will pay back the country and it will reap from what it has invested into them. The sad fact is that as soon as students get their professional qualifications, they prefer to look out for a job abroad. India has a severe problem of ‘Brain Drain’. Migration to other countries stems from economic motivation and better job opportunities. Countries abroad appear like greener pastures. Educated people are lured to foreign countries because of better facilities for further research and they get attracted to the recognition they get from people abroad. Even average people with no skill prefer to do blue collar jobs abroad because they earn in dollars and pounds. This problem however, is not very serious now, considering the population explosion in our country, the government is happy that people are getting jobs elsewhere so that unemployment decreases in the country. Also there is a hope that they will invest their savings in the country and help its economy.
- By Hemu Shah XI- F