A 17-year old girl died by suicide in Delhi last night. She jumped from the roof of a 7 floor building in Okhla area. The police recovered a suicide note. It cited studies pressure and failure to crack JEE exams as the reason for suicide.
“Yesterday, at 11:25 hrs, a PCR call regarding a girl aged 17, jumping off the roof of the 7th floor of a building in Okhla main market was received at PS Jamia Nagar. She was preparing for JEE after clearing the 12th class,” the Delhi Police said in an official statement.“ She has left a suicide note citing study pressure and not meeting expectations as a reason,” it added. Police is investigating the matter as per Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
Thousands of students attempt competitive exams like JEE, NEET to secure admissions in top colleges in India. Parent’s expectations, study pressure, competition, etc. put students under immense stress. In many cases, their parents take huge loans or mortgage their house to fund their education. To make things worse, limited seats and societal pressure push students towards depression, anxiety, low self-esteem.
Coaching institutes don’t help either. They rake in money on the pretext of getting a student clear competitive exams. Some institutes in many cases, humiliate and inflict inferiority complex within their minds.
‘Education, career, exams are a part of your life, not your whole life,’ needs to be included in every student’s mind.
(Input from the Agencies)
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