Vital information on rural youths in Nepal, such as their educational aspirations and expectations is still wanting. In 1978-79 the enrollment of children was 65.3, 18.6 and 13.7 percent at primary, lower secondary and secondary levels respectively. This low and decreasing enrollment highlights the increasing drop-out ratio of youths in the country.
This drop-out and no-schooling pattern is distressing, but it is worsened by the fact that most are unskilled and therefore are unemployed or under-employed.
