New Delhi: The shocking thing is that in the year 2020, more than 12,500 students of the country committed suicide, that is, an average of 34 students gave their lives every day. The suicide rate was 7.4 percent in 2019 which increased to 8.2 percent in 2020. Obviously, these students ended their lives due to the additional mental stress in the lockdown. Man is a social animal. During the lockdown, schools, colleges, coaching classes were closed and the interaction of students stopped.
There was a question mark on all the studies and examinations. There was uncertainty everywhere. No one was able to understand when the situation would be back to normal. The worldwide corona crisis had lost everyone’s senses. In such a situation, students were surrounded by heavy frustration, their education, future prospects, and plans were questioned. He saw his career and ambitions being sabotaged. Earlier students used to commit suicide due to fear of failing in the examination or failing.
During the Corona period, general promotion was given, but that too was shaken to the talented students. Those who were expecting a good percentage got frustrated with the online exam. Of the 12,526 student suicides in 2020, 53 percent or 6,598 cases were from just 6 states – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, and Karnataka. 5,298 deaths were recorded from all other states and union territories. According to the head of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience.
In most of the cases, the students must have had difficulties beforehand. He had to go through additional stress due to the pandemic. Most of the students had to spend their time alone at home which affected their mental health. During this time, the problems of the houses also came to the fore, such as the loss of a job or the death of a family member due to corona. Due to these things, the students were surrounded by despair and due to deteriorating mental balance, they committed suicide.
