IITs, NITs, CUs, IIMs, and IISERs have reported 98 student suicide instances in the last five years: MoS
IITs, NITs, CUs, IIMs, and IISERs have reported 98 student suicide instances in the last five years: MoS According to government data, 21 students who were enrolled in Central institutions, IITs, NITs, IIITs, IIMs, and IISERs died by suicide in 2018; this number dropped to 19 in 2019, 7 in 2020, and 7 in 2021. image source: indianexpress The government has documented at least 20 incidents of students who were enrolled in central educational institutes and died by suicide after seven months in 2023. Subhas Sarkar, the minister of state for education, made the announcement in front of lawmakers. Sarkar was responding to inquiries posed by Kerala-based Rajya Sabha member Dr. V. Sivadasan. Sivadasan had questioned the admin...