Bhubaneswar: A total 72 students suicide cases have been reported in government & private Schools and colleges across the State during the year 2020 to 2025 (till February).
This was informed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in the Odisha Legislative Assembly in a written reply to a query by Congress MLA Sofia Firdous today.
Shri Majhi said 11 different reasons have been identified as causes behind these incidents.
The identified reasons are—mental pressure, harassment by accused, mental imbalance, denial of phone usage in the school hostel, academic stress and misunderstanding with friends, domestic conflict, issues arising out of love affairs, depression related to examination and love affair, homesickness and parental restriction on visiting home and psychological problems, he pointed out.
Replying to the question about measures that have been taken or proposed to address the issue, the Chief Minister said information regarding measures taken or proposed to conduct the mental health awareness programs for students and train teaching staff to identify and support students showing signs of distress is being collected.