The Tragedy of Rising Student Suicides in India

Education in India has traditionally been conceived as a sacred pursuit for enlightenment, empowerment, and advancement.

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It serves as an important avenue for millions of families, especially from the middle and lower socioeconomic strata, who conceive education as a pathway to a better future. However, recent years have witnessed a disturbing trend of escalation in the number of student suicides across the nation. This phenomenon is not merely a personal tragedy that prematurely takes away the life of an individual but also inflicts a profound and lasting ripple effect on the lives of concernedfamilies, friends, and the entire community. This issue, once considered sporadic, burgeoned into a significant national concern, reflecting multifaceted, deep-seated structural, psychological, and socio-cultural dysfunctions within India's educational landscape and society as a whole.

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