Speakers at a meeting on ‘Students suicides in educational institutions--Solution to stop suicides’ opined that children were caught between ambitious parents and competitive corporate educational institutions and unable to bear the pressure were resorting to suicides.
The roundtable was organised by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) here on Friday.
Former Minister Yerneni Seetadevi said high expectations of the parents, unhealthy competition among corporate and private educational institutions, poor implementation of laws and Acts framed to protect child rights and immaturity among students were leading to suicides in private schools and colleges.
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“Poor education system, rigorous working hours, lack of physical activity to relieve students from mental stress, constant pressure from parents and teachers and harassment are the reasons for student suicides,” she observed. Parents should spend more time with children and educational institution should bridge the gap between teacher and students to prevent such a trend, she said.
Counsellors needed
BJP city unit president Dasam Umamaheswara Raju said parents should be booked for abetment to suicide, if found guilty.
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Sai Vidyaniketan correspondent A. Venkata Ramana said students should be groomed to face challenges in life and student counsellors should be appointed in all educational institutions.
BJYM State vice-president Chikkala Rajanikanth questioned why parents were admitting their wards in corporate educational institutions, despite reports of harassment, suicides, poor hostel facilities, food, unhygienic toilets and strict rules preventing family members from meeting visit their children.
Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Krishna district organising secretary Naresh blamed the government for arresting student union leaders who tried to highlight the suicides.
“When a student dies in a college, how can the police extend support to the management, instead of filing a case against them,” Mr. Naresh questioned.
Poor implementation of laws and Acts framed to protect child rights compounding the issue, says former Minister