According to HRD ministry data, nearly 10,000 students have committed suicide between 2016 and 2018 every year, with the highest number registered in Maharashtra.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
A good move as unrealistic parental expectation is a major cause of stress on students. This alone is not enough though. Lack of job prospects drive parents into pushing their children towards the handful of decent institutions we have. Publishing of salary statistics of campus hires in the media adds to this stress (this is part of the unholy coaching centre – media nexus) Can the government tackle these? Time will tell, but parental counseling is definitely a good start
A good move as unrealistic parental expectation is a major cause of stress on students. This alone is not enough though. Lack of job prospects drive parents into pushing their children towards the handful of decent institutions we have. Publishing of salary statistics of campus hires in the media adds to this stress (this is part of the unholy coaching centre – media nexus) Can the government tackle these? Time will tell, but parental counseling is definitely a good start