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Why do you think Suicide Rates aren’t decreasing even after several measures?

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  Within 2 days, I have heard twice that someone my students knew as a friend died by suicide. They are deeply affected by it as I could hear it in their voice while they were telling me about it. I can see that they are unable to study or focus on their exams even when they are scared that they might not score well. As for me, I haven’t been able to shake this feeling of horror no matter how many times I have tried to understand it. Why do you think Suicide Rates aren’t decreasing even after several measures?   Source: ThePrint As you can see the number of suicides in 2021 is zero. Why so? Well, no exams, no stress, no suicides. Every day we are seeing more and more suicides of students and also the efforts the government is putting to help students through this over the years. Measures & limitations in various forms have been put into place like installing some anti-suicide devices in hostel fans, (yeah, this is real). Schools are instructe...