According to the recently released report by the National Crime Records Bureau, students suicides have reached a dangerous scale in India, in which students have made 7.6% of the country’s total suicide deaths.
The report using the most recent data of 2022 showed that India had an estimated 13,000 students every year. Official figures for suicides in 2023 and 2024 have not been published yet.
Research and government reports indicate institutional support and lack of awareness, as factors, as factors, as a combination of academic and social stress and lack of institutional support and awareness.
“I see not only the figures but as signs of silent sorrow under social norms and expectations,” Anjali Nagpal, a neurocyciastist, who has Hasiu, has closely stated, DW said.
“I have noticed how children to handle failure, disappointment or uncertainty. It is not. We prepare them for the exam, not for life,” Sheh said.
“Mental health education should be a regular part of school life, which is not limited to isolated sessions. Students require space to talk and listen. Teachers must be trained to listen, not only lectures,” Nagpal said.
Calls increase for mental health assistance
On Monday, Minister of State for Indian Education Sukanta Majumdar shared the findings of the report before a session of Parliament.
The government admitted that despite a series of educational reforms and new mental health initiatives, “extreme academic pressure” affects weak students.
Majumdar underlined that the government is implementing several measures to address the issue, including providing psychological assistance to students, teachers and families through various programs.
Nelson Vinod Musa, founder of the suicide prevention India Foundation, told DW that jointly “toxic competition” jointly with rigorous grading systems and inadequate mental health assistance is important factors contributing to students suicides.
Moses said, “A silent epidemic is pushing many people to a braking point. There is a sea of anxiety and mistrust that is going on through India’s education system.”
In their recurrence, college counselors need to be trained in suicide screening, risk evaluation and management and are at risk students rustic.
“We do not want young life to cut tragically and that is why the complexes need to introduce emotional intelligence, life skills stress management and prevention of suicide. Gatekeeper training is important for students and faculty,” he said.
Weak students require ‘safety trap’
A 2019 study on suicides among Indian college students, researchers at Melbourne University in Australia and researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences of India with many Indian medical colleges, to find out mental health issues.
Including more than 8.500 students from 30 universities in nine Indian states, the survey found that more than 12% of students had experienced suicidal views in the previous year, and 6.7% attempted suicide point in thy life.
The study emphasized mental health intervention and immediate need for supporting measures within educational institutions to overcome this growing crisis.
The Supreme Court of India, which has abolished the situation as a “suicide epidemic”, established a 10 -member National Task Force presided over in March.
The task force is currently engaged in comprehensive investigation, counseling and institutional reviews, and its purpose is to give a comprehensive policy.
Maheshwar Perry, the founder and CEO of Career 360, for education technology startup, which provides extensive career guidance and entrance exam preparation, told DW that many young Indians are under great pressure on SUC paid.
“It is unfortunate that a student is sometimes judged in a single day for a competitive exam, which causes him or him to take his life. We need to make a trap for the students,” Perry said.
“Most thesis students have not studied in support systems and isolation. Extended and integrated mental health care for students needs immediate needs.”
With more than 30 years of experience, a psychiatrist Achal Bhagat in Delhi said that a narrow definition of success, gender inequality, violence, lack of employment opportunities contribute to mental health problems among all students.
“You fail or you are a talented. The systems that control society and its institutions are permanent and are not engaged in discourse with the youth. This feeling of helplessness and despair is then a tragedy loss,” Bhagat told DW.
“In my opinion, the most important elements of a solution are youth participation in decision making about their futures, who recommend and build accessible role models to meet the definition of success.”
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Edited by: Wesley Rahan
