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- Posted July 20, 2022
Prevention of Engineering Students Suicide Cases
How to control students suicidal Cases
At the end of 2020, we are researching suicide cases of Indian students. The deaths of 49 students in Navodaya Vidyalaya schools in the last five years, and 3 students preparing for the IIT entrance examinations in Kota are attacked by themselves. More youths are taking their lives due to the fear of failing in examinations, constant pock from teachers, bullying from seniors, family pressure and a loss of a sense of a decent future. These cases force us to recognise that youth suicides are ubiquitous, and the educational system must take the blame for this.
Current scenario
The suicide cases in Kota are a normal thing. Those who are preparing for Engineering and Medical Entrance exams in coaching can attempt suicide. This is frequent news in newspapers. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, between 2014 and 2016, 26,476 students committed suicide in India. And 7,462 committed suicide due to failure in various competitive examinations.
Increasing suicide cases represent how we react to our son/daughter’s results. We need to discuss it as a serious issue. In India, education is for generating new opportunities for candidates and developing in the social and economic conditions of India. It is very important to focus on how we can decrease the level of tension in students’ minds. But the education system has not been successful in generating enough job options. For example, According to the International Labour Organisation’s World Employment and Social Outlook Trends Report of 2018 says that in 2019, the job status of nearly 77% of Indian workers would be vulnerable and that 18.9 million people would be unemployed. That's why students are working and studying under the pressure of their future job. They have failed to learn to enjoy the process of education. The constant pressure and stress have generated social antipathy and detachment among them.
According to National Human Rights Commission sought information from the Ministry of Human Resource Development on whether trained counsellors were present on campus. In the recently concluded winter session of Parliament, the HRD Minister said that an expert committee has been set up to look into the matter. According to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samitis, merely one or two training sessions are included to sensitise the teachers and principals regarding the safety and security of the children and to prevent suicidal tendencies. The framework for implementation of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) recognises the role of guidance and counselling services to students. In 2018, the government approved an integrated school education scheme subsuming the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the RMSA, and Teacher Education from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2020. However, without any significant rise in budgetary allocations for education, it is likely that there would be cuts in “non-productive” areas of education such as guidance and counselling.
The way forward
First, stop-gap solutions to setting up expert committees and counsellors in Engineering Colleges have not been able to solve the problem. The deep-rooted causes must be addressed. The government must undertake a comprehensive study on the reasons behind these suicides. Second, the curriculum should be designed in ways that stress the importance of mental exercises and meditation. The Delhi government’s initiative on the ‘Happiness Curriculum’ may be a step in the right direction. Third, with regards to higher education, 12 measures were suggested by the Justice Roopanwal Commission. One of them stressed making Equal Opportunity Cells with an anti-discrimination officer functional in universities and colleges. Finally, it is high time we seek to reinvent our educational ecosystem in ways that impregnate new meanings, new ideas of living, and renewed possibilities that could transform a life of precarity into a life worth living.
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