Student suicides.

Report on student suicides by 31 Oct

 

* Findings of the Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force examining student suicides due by

   31 Oct.

* The task force was constituted by Supreme Court in March last year to address rising cases of

   student suicides and examine mental health.

15% students in colleges and varsities face acute distress

The nationwide survey by SC-appointed task force also found that 9% students reported suicidal 

thoughts, in the last six months.

Social discrimination rampant

The panel had earlier this year submitted an interim report in which it found students in colleges had to deal with "deep-rooted social discrimination, rampant sexual harassment in medical and engineering colleges; gender discrimination, hostel curfews and moral policing; caste identification by NEET-UG and JEE ranks and caste-based humiliation".