Education is the long-term investment in human capital. It is the instrument through which the available resources are turned into valuable assets of the economy of a region. Kerala has always had a rich and glorious past in the education sector. It is one state in India which has achieved a high level of literacy and near universal elementary education. A well-established network of numerous universities and colleges-both arts/science and professional/technical across the length and breadth of the state gives an impressive picture about its higher education structure as well. Still it is identified that the valuable human capital moves out of the state in search of better prospects. In the earlier days, the destinations were mainly other developed countries with better infrastructural, career development and employment prospects. Internal migration from the State was largely concerned with employment rather than education then. But this trend has now changed, for today; students migrate to other States on reasons of education, leading to the problem of internal brain-drain. In this background, a need has arisen to analyse the trend of Keralite youth opting destinations outside the State to pursue their higher studies and the reasons of the same.

Student Migration, Education, Keralites

"A Study On Internal Graduate Migration From Kerala for Higher Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.0, Issue 0, page no.0, 0, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004108.pdf

"A Study On Internal Graduate Migration From Kerala for Higher Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.0, Issue 0, page no. pp0, 0, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004108.pdf