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PROBLEM TWO / MACAULAY’S EDUCATION SYSTEM LEADING TO HIGH STRESS LEVELS & SUICIDE AMONG STUDENTS
Some Shocking Facts
39,775
EVERY HOUR,
ONE STUDENT
COMMITS
SUICIDE IN
INDIA,
ACCORDING
TO 2015 DATA
(THE LATEST
AVAILABLE
FROM NCRB)
IS THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS WHO
KILLED THEMSELVES
IN THE FIVE YEARS
LEADING TO 2015
IN 2013 ALONE,
2,471 SUICIDES
WERE
ATTRIBUTED
TO "FAILURE IN
EXAMINATION"
GIRLS ATTEMPT SUICIDE ABOUT
TWICE AS OFTEN AS BOYS
EVERY CHILD
WATCHES
MORE THAN
200,000
VIOLENT
SCENES AND
72,000
INDECENT AND
OBSCENE
SCENES ON AN
AVERAGE BY
THE AGE OF
EIGHTEEN
EVERYDAY IN
AMERICA 1000
TEENS CATCH
A SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED
DISEASE
ONE IN FOUR
CHILDREN, IN THE
AGE GROUP OF 13
TO 15 YEARS, IN
INDIA, SUFFERS
FROM DEPRESSION
Source: NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau), Wikipedia