Fourteen college students died by suicide in greater training institutes this yr, says Centre

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Fourteen college students have died by suicide in greater training institutes, together with IITs and AIIMS, this yr, the Rajya Sabha was knowledgeable Wednesday.

In the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), seven deaths on account of suicide had been recorded, with three of them being SC college students, whereas one was OBC.

In the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), three college students died by suicide, of which two had been ST college students, the info confirmed.

In the National Institute of Technology (NIT), 4 college students took the intense step. One of them was a SC.

In 2022, 23 college students, together with 9 in IITs died by suicide. In 2021, 11 college students took the intense step, together with 4 from IITs and three from AIIMS.

In 2020, 9 college students died by suicide, whereas in 2019, the determine stood at 18 – eight every from IITs and NITs.

ALSO READ | Treat college students gently to stop suicides

To a query from Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on the dropout fee of scholars from these establishments, Minister of State for Education Dr Subhas Sarkar mentioned that the utmost variety of dropouts is in Postgraduate and PhD programmes.

The major causes are provides for placement in Public Sector Enterprises and private choice for higher alternatives elsewhere.

“The drop out in Undergraduate programmes is attributed to withdrawal due to wrong choices filled, poor performance and personal and medical reasons,” the minister mentioned

According to knowledge, this yr, 320 college students dropped out from IITs, of which a whopping variety of college students – 80 – had been from the OBC class, adopted by 48 SC college students.

Similarly in IIMs, 99 college students have dropped out this yr, of which 20 are from the OBC class, adopted by 19 SC college students.

In NITs additionally an identical development was seen. Out of the 127 college students that dropped out this yr, 40 had been OBC, and 20 had been SC.

On steps taken by the federal government to stop pupil suicides in these premier establishments, the minister mentioned the federal government accords the best significance to every incident of suicide on campuses of instructional establishments and has initiated quite a few initiatives on this regard.

“The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 provisions for counselling systems for handling stress and emotional adjustments in institutions. It also provisions for opportunities for student’s participation in sports, culture/arts clubs, eco-clubs, activity clubs, community service projects, etc,” he mentioned.

The Univeristy Grants Commission has additionally notified UGC laws on curbing the menace of ragging in greater instructional establishments and issued circulars for strict compliance with the laws.

The ministry has undertaken varied steps akin to peer-assisted studying, and the introduction of technical training in regional languages for college students to ease tutorial stress, Sarkar mentioned.

(If you might be having suicidal ideas, or are nervous a couple of good friend or want emotional help, somebody is at all times there to hear. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (accessible 24×7))

NEW DELHI: Fourteen college students have died by suicide in greater training institutes, together with IITs and AIIMS, this yr, the Rajya Sabha was knowledgeable Wednesday.

In the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), seven deaths on account of suicide had been recorded, with three of them being SC college students, whereas one was OBC.

In the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), three college students died by suicide, of which two had been ST college students, the info confirmed.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

In the National Institute of Technology (NIT), 4 college students took the intense step. One of them was a SC.

In 2022, 23 college students, together with 9 in IITs died by suicide. In 2021, 11 college students took the intense step, together with 4 from IITs and three from AIIMS.

In 2020, 9 college students died by suicide, whereas in 2019, the determine stood at 18 – eight every from IITs and NITs.

ALSO READ | Treat college students gently to stop suicides

To a query from Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on the dropout fee of scholars from these establishments, Minister of State for Education Dr Subhas Sarkar mentioned that the utmost variety of dropouts is in Postgraduate and PhD programmes.

The major causes are provides for placement in Public Sector Enterprises and private choice for higher alternatives elsewhere.

“The drop out in Undergraduate programmes is attributed to withdrawal due to wrong choices filled, poor performance and personal and medical reasons,” the minister mentioned

According to knowledge, this yr, 320 college students dropped out from IITs, of which a whopping variety of college students – 80 – had been from the OBC class, adopted by 48 SC college students.

Similarly in IIMs, 99 college students have dropped out this yr, of which 20 are from the OBC class, adopted by 19 SC college students.

In NITs additionally an identical development was seen. Out of the 127 college students that dropped out this yr, 40 had been OBC, and 20 had been SC.

On steps taken by the federal government to stop pupil suicides in these premier establishments, the minister mentioned the federal government accords the best significance to every incident of suicide on campuses of instructional establishments and has initiated quite a few initiatives on this regard.

“The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 provisions for counselling systems for handling stress and emotional adjustments in institutions. It also provisions for opportunities for student’s participation in sports, culture/arts clubs, eco-clubs, activity clubs, community service projects, etc,” he mentioned.

The Univeristy Grants Commission has additionally notified UGC laws on curbing the menace of ragging in greater instructional establishments and issued circulars for strict compliance with the laws.

The ministry has undertaken varied steps akin to peer-assisted studying, and the introduction of technical training in regional languages for college students to ease tutorial stress, Sarkar mentioned.

(If you might be having suicidal ideas, or are nervous a couple of good friend or want emotional help, somebody is at all times there to hear. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (accessible 24×7))