Yalim Rai, a student of St Anthony's School, was found hanging from the ceiling of the toilet in the school hostel. No reasons have been found behind the suicide of Rai. His parents have lodged a complaint with Kurseong police station but refused to talk to scribes.
On August 18, Christina Tamang, 15, a student of a convent school in Kurseong committed suicide in her house. Three days later, Wangyal Lama, supposedly the boyfriend of Christina killed himself. Again on August 22, Laden Bhutia, a Class-VIII student of a boarding school in Kalimpong committed suicide by consuming poison.
"It is really shocking that so many students have committed suicide. We cannot entirely blame the school or parents. But something must be done to find the reasons behind such incidents," said Kavita Rai, a mother of two children. Sushmita Darnal, another housewife, however, felt that much of the responsibility of student suicides lay on the schools. "Children are treated with disdain and subjected to humiliation in the smallest of pretext by teachers. Now-a-days, children refuse to be subjected to such kind of embarrassing treatment," she pointed out.
Hills educationists have opinioned that several factors, including the attitude of teachers as well as family background, prompt such behaviors from the students. "The system of education must change. There is hardly any involvement of teachers with students. Besides, parents must inculcate into their children moral and ethical values. When such factors are missing, the students tend to get frustrated and take such drastic steps," remarked Dr Kashinath Ojha, former principal of Southfield (formerly Loreto) College.
Others like Anuradha Sharma, a teacher of a government school, felt it was important to have counseling for students. "Most of the time students are at a quandary to share their thoughts with adults. Students need to discuss but they cannot either with their parents or even teachers which leads to them to a void. This is where counseling comes handy," emphasized Sharma.
The body of Rai has been sent for post-mortem at the Kurseong sub-divisional hospital. Police are waiting for the results of the post-mortem on which basis they are expected to take initiatives. "We are still awaiting the results of the post mortem. We cannot say anything until we get the report though I can say that the parents have lodged a complaint," said a senior police official.
-TOI
On August 18, Christina Tamang, 15, a student of a convent school in Kurseong committed suicide in her house. Three days later, Wangyal Lama, supposedly the boyfriend of Christina killed himself. Again on August 22, Laden Bhutia, a Class-VIII student of a boarding school in Kalimpong committed suicide by consuming poison.
"It is really shocking that so many students have committed suicide. We cannot entirely blame the school or parents. But something must be done to find the reasons behind such incidents," said Kavita Rai, a mother of two children. Sushmita Darnal, another housewife, however, felt that much of the responsibility of student suicides lay on the schools. "Children are treated with disdain and subjected to humiliation in the smallest of pretext by teachers. Now-a-days, children refuse to be subjected to such kind of embarrassing treatment," she pointed out.
Hills educationists have opinioned that several factors, including the attitude of teachers as well as family background, prompt such behaviors from the students. "The system of education must change. There is hardly any involvement of teachers with students. Besides, parents must inculcate into their children moral and ethical values. When such factors are missing, the students tend to get frustrated and take such drastic steps," remarked Dr Kashinath Ojha, former principal of Southfield (formerly Loreto) College.
Others like Anuradha Sharma, a teacher of a government school, felt it was important to have counseling for students. "Most of the time students are at a quandary to share their thoughts with adults. Students need to discuss but they cannot either with their parents or even teachers which leads to them to a void. This is where counseling comes handy," emphasized Sharma.
The body of Rai has been sent for post-mortem at the Kurseong sub-divisional hospital. Police are waiting for the results of the post-mortem on which basis they are expected to take initiatives. "We are still awaiting the results of the post mortem. We cannot say anything until we get the report though I can say that the parents have lodged a complaint," said a senior police official.
-TOI
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