The great despair: why are students dying
India is facing a crisis of student suicides, with record-high numbers reported in 2024 amid widespread anxiety over examination fairness and institutional failure. Protests have erupted as young people demand accountability from the government.
Why it matters
The rising suicide rate among students reflects deep-seated systemic issues in India's education and examination infrastructure, sparking a national debate on youth welfare.
For over two decades, India has lost, on average, one student to suicide every hour of every day. Yet the alarming magnitude of this crisis is equalled only by the magnitude of the silence around it. Tragically, even after all these deaths, the question remains painfully relevant: how many more students must die before India treats this as a national emergency?
The article uses emotive language and focuses on systemic failure and government accountability, characteristic of a critical/left-leaning perspective.
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