Going abroad for higher education

 Due to the competitiveness of university entrance in the Sri Lankan higher education system, a considerable number of students seek opportunities to study in foreign countries. There has been an increase in student migration from Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan. This is due to the inadequacy of the capacity of the universities in Sri Lanka and the limited educational programs available for students who failed the GCE O/L examination.

            When focusing on the world, with the advent of globalization, there has been an increasing trend in student migration for education in recent times. Over 5.3 million international students were enrolled in 2017, up from 2 million in. More than half of them enrolled in educational programs in six countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, and the Russian Federation. China, India, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Nigeria, France, Saudi Arabia, and several central Asian countries are the prominent sending countries of international students

In 2018, there are 61, 353 students dropped out of the GCE O/L examination. There are 99, 204 students who dropped out of the GCE A/L examination. All of the above students haven’t had a good opportunity to follow a graduate course in Sri Lanka. So they find a foreign university to achieve their target Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2019).