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

 

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 instructed to reduce syllabus, passing marks & make passing necessary in most of the classes. Also, new guidelines have been issued for institutes to reduce class durations, cancelling tests, making counselling necessary etc. Severe punishment towards students like beating isn’t allowed just so the student doesn’t feel pressured.

Though the question that still stands is that even after all this why there is no change in suicide rates? Why the pressure is still the same? Why suicide rates are either the same or increasing yet not reducing?

Well, I am not saying that these are bad or unnecessary efforts but what I feel is that there has been no work done in the main area about it and this is what I want to talk about.

Hear me out.

The pressure is neither from syllabus, nor from schools or coaching centers. All the efforts being put here will have almost null effect in suicide rates because the pressure students feel is internal.

For example, a person who likes to draw or create a magical world like Harry Potter cannot and will not study science nor will become a successful doctor even with the reduced syllabus and less hours spent at a coaching center.

Please read it again.

A person who likes to draw or create a magical world like Harry Potter cannot and will not study science nor will become a successful doctor even with the reduced syllabus and less hours spent at a coaching center.

Children being forced to choose against their interests and capabilities are a potential cause to this issue.

So, this is a special request to the parents and to the children themselves to understand that no amount of hard work and dedication can make anyone an engineer or doctor if deep inside they don’t want it. If one wishes to become a gym trainer, an artist, a writer, even a driver, they can become a millionaire with the same amount of hard work and dedication.

If you want to know how, feel free to contact me or enroll in Codru Education where we identify and develop the student according to their own needs and work on aspects that need attention instead of preparing them for some labelled exam.