Discontentment with the quality of higher education, the lack of experiential learning and infrastructure facilities, and scarce placement opportunities in the State have led three-fourths of emigrant Keralite students to pursue education elsewhere, a survey undertaken by the Kerala Academy of Sciences (KAS) has found.
There is also a general disinclination and reluctance among an almost-similar proportion (72%) to return to their home state for want of job prospects and attractive salary packages.
The survey report titled ‘Student Exodus in Kerala – What Students Convey’ was released by Digital University Kerala Vice-Chancellor Saji Gopinath, who handed it over to M. Chandra Dathan, Mentor (Science) to the Chief Minister, during the National Science Day observance held here on Wednesday.
