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Suicides - Is that the ultimate solution? Printable Version PRINTABLE VERSION
by Maitreyi Doshi, India Nov 23, 2002
Education   Opinions

  

5. The teachers should motivate the child from time to time. They should not keep criticising him all the time but advice them in a friendly way.
6. The student should believe in himself and keep in mind that he was born to do something in this world. He should not lose hope.

These are the possible solution.

This article has three parts to it. This is the 1st one. In the 2nd part I have taken a survey to see if this problem prevails in other countries. The 3rd part is a talk with a children’s psychiatrist who will share her thoughts on the issue.

Conclusions based purely on the above survey:
Problem faced by: 5 out of 10 countries.
Reasons:
1) Societies Pressure
2) Low self esteem
3) Exam stress
4) Educational System
5) Pressure from parents and teachers.
Solutions:
1) Counseling
2) Changing the educational system
3) Counseling from parents and teachers
4) Discussing different opportunities in school and colleges.

So if this part of the article was thought provoking do check out the 2nd and 3rd part.
Surveys taken from different countries to see if this prevails in other countries, if so what are the reasons and solutions…


In continuation with the fist part of the article on why students commit suicides if they fail their board exams, I had conducted a survey. In this survey I had asked 3 questions for the survey:

1. Do students in your country commit suicides if they fail in their board exams?
2. What do you think are the reasons behind this?
3. What are the possible solutions?

This is the response I got. I have categorised the survey according to the names of the countries.

India

1. Soujanya Shenoy,
Reason:
I feel lot of emphasis is being given to classroom education at the cost of human development. This does not have any importance in his/her daily life.

Solutions:
Change the educational system where each child gets an opportunity to know his talent and a provision for the development of his talent. I feel that we should have such a system

2. Manas Mittal

Reason:
The approach of the Indian educational system is highly unscientific. Most people believe that science is absolute, that is their is no doubt in things related to science. On the contrary, science is all about doubt, it's about unanswered questions and knowing that even the questions that have been answered may be wrong. I don't blame the education system too much. It is more because of societal pressure. And when you start expecting a lot from yourself.

Pakistan

Amna Kanwar:

No. Students done commit suicides if they fail in their board exams.

Reason:
I think a reason why students or children would commit suicide is basically low self-esteem. Children who feel they are not important and just feel down right lousy tend to think about taking their lives. They feel unloved and not cared for. This may be due to family problems, financial problems or problems at school. At school if students have a good committed teacher and they themselves are hardworking only then do they really prosper. Reality though is that its very difficult to find dedicated teachers or to find teachers for that fact and some of these teachers beat their students if they are not being able to follow the lesson thus sometimes making the students fearful of going to school. This attitude coupled with other problems most definitely leads students to think about ending their lives

Solutions:
Appoint dedicated and hardworking teachers under whom a student could bloom. It is the teacher who can inspire a student to actually study and work hard and to help the students realize their talents and potentials. Students who have emotional problems coming from home should be able to find some sort of anonymous group or organization to which they could pore their problems out to. Talking about their problems and then receiving guidance would help anyone to deal with their troubles and try to overcome them. If such a private youth organization could be established that would definitely make a difference.

United Kingdom

Tom Middleditch:

Yes it does happen here.

Reason:
I suppose the pressure to do well whether it is from parents, school, society or themselves. I think they must have low self-esteem to think that exams and results matter more than your life. Exams are important for your future and you have to do your best but they aren't the most important things. I think I have read about other countries where education and exams results are thought so important that the stress for the children is intolerable.

Solutions:
Offer telephone help lines for students to use so there is always someone non-judgmental to talk to not that isn't really getting to the root of the problem. I suppose we need to get across to everyone that what you are is important not what you do or what exams you passed or who you beat to get there. But this world is a competitive place and to survive in the adult real world you have to compete with others - its not a very nice thought really. I think the schools should promote a less competitive atmosphere within their walls - perhaps its OK to do your best and to succeed in what you want but not to compete so aggressively again each other in a class. Another thing that schools should do, where-ever in the world they are, is to be aware of this problem and to look for signs of stress in their students, perhaps to give advice about how to avoid stress. I think I would add its good to have a relaxing hobby to fall back on and to think ahead to after exams and plan a treat for yourself.







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