Exam failure second biggest cause for kids’ suicides: report

Failure in examinations has been the second biggest reason for children’s suicides across India in 2011, reveal statistics compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau.

Failure in examinations has been the second biggest reason for children’s suicides across India in 2011, reveal statistics compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau.

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The only other provocation that is worse is family problems, which pushed 344 children up to 14 years of age to kill themselves in 2011, as per records available with police stations in the country. Data shows that 283 suicides were reported last year among children where the cause was failure in examinations. Of the 283 cases, 161 cases were boys and 122 girls.

“It’s important to identify and treat children suffering from depression or a psychiatric disorder that may make them vulnerable to failure,” said Dr Nilesh Shah, head of department, psychiatry, Sion hospital.