Student migration from Kerala to overseas destinations is not a new trend considering the migration history of the State. But the new wave of migration reveals that a significant proportion of the students who recently migrated to countries such as the U.K., Canada, Germany, the U.S., and Australia—the most preferred destinations of students— for higher studies have scored less than 75% marks for degree or secondary-level education.
Further, there is a two-fold rise in the number of girl students from the State pursuing overseas higher studies compared to a previous survey held before the pandemic. A survey on “Youth Student Migration from Kerala,” conducted in 2023 as part of the Centre for Public Policy Research’s (CPPR) Youth Leadership Fellowship, among 104 students who recently migrated to various countries, revealed that 38% of students have scored only marks in the range of 50%–75% in their graduation or secondary level. Around 45% of students have scored marks in the range of 76%–90% while the remaining 16% have scored above 91% marks.
