BANGLADESH SAW OVER 600 STUDENTS COMMIT SUICIDE IN 2022

Sun 29 January 2023:

In 2022, 585 students in Bangladesh committed suicide in total, according to a report that was released on Friday in Dhaka, the country’s capital, Anadolu Agency reported.

According to the youth-based Aachol Foundation said in the survey prepared based on reports in leading newspapers, there were 54 madrasa, or Islamic seminary students, 85 university students, and 340 pupils in both school and college among them.

More than 150 local and national newspapers, as well as internet portals, were used by researchers in the information collection process.

“Suicide is the name of a silent parasite in society. It is gripping the youth in its lethal tentacles with every passing day,” according to the survey, “Suicidal Tendency among Students; Which Way to Look for the Solution?”

The survey underlined that suicide is increasing at a “contagious rate among students at all academic levels,” from school-goers to university students.

“The alarming number of suicides by the school and college-going students from the combined data prompts us to review the reasons behind the suicide cases,” it said.

The survey noted that the Dhaka division has the highest number of school and college students committing suicide, 23.77%, of eight in the country.

It is followed by the southern port city of Chattogram division at 17.27%.

According to gender-based analysis, more females committed suicide, 60.15%, than males.

Students between 13 and 19 years old are most likely to commit suicide and the number in that age group was 405 covering 76.12%.

Several reasons for suicide have emerged, including emotional pain, love affairs, family conflict, depression, psychological problems, financial problems, harassment, and rape or sexual harassment.

According to the survey, the reasons for suicide are unknown in some cases.

To prevent suicide and raise student awareness, the survey suggested that educational institutions establish Psychological First Aid Branches.

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