Fear of failure drove 13,089 students to suicide in 2021; Maharashtra tops list
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Centralised data on suicide released by the NCRB showed that the number of students' deaths by suicide has increased in recent years. With a total of 13,089 cases of suicide by students, the latest data shows that compared to 2020, the number increased by nearly 4.5 per cent in 2021. Nearly half of them were reported from the five states -- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha.
