foreign degree does nt mean everything. there are good schools in nepal too. i am sure, one will learn a lot in some good nepali schools than average mediocre usa schools. had our nepali education was not equivalent to US education, US schools would not have accepted us in their undergrad, grad program. we can not compare PhD from nepali schools with PhD from US schools, but for high school and undergrad, nepali education is very much competitive. this is my experience and many of my friends experience. we did our high school and undergrad in nepal and did masters here. the school where i did my undergrad had sufficient books in library unlike here in usa where i need to buy expensive text books. but if we talk about graduate or higher studies, which requires a lot of research and funding and very good professors, nepal is way behind.