2023 - Lokniti CSDS study in Kota

More than 85% students spend 6 to 7 hours every day in coaching classes

More than 80% students want one day off for leisure activities

Some students confirmed experiencing an increase in feelings of loneliness, mood swings, fatigue, anger, sadness, and depression since they moved to Kota

A large percentage of students started sleeping late at night than usual. As a result, they develop poor sleeping patterns, which has an impact on their mental health.

Other reports

• ! India is the world’s suicide capital with over 2.6 lakh cases in a year.

• • According to the World Health Organization, the average suicide rate in India is 10.9 per lakh population

• @ The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data states that one student took their own life every 42 minutes in 2020, meaning an average of 34 student suicides per day.

NCRB’s Accidental Death and Suicide in India report 2021 & 2022

About 13,000 students died by suicide in 2021,

which accounts for more than 35 suicides every day,

a rise of 4.5 per cent from the 12,526 deaths in 2020,

with 864 out of 10,732 attributed to “failure in examination"

Students accounted for 7.6 per cent of all suicide deaths in 2022

the highest percentage of deaths was seen among people with secondary-level education, which amounted to 23.9 per cent of all the suicides

Other suicide instances

As per the Ministry of Education, 122 students from IITs, NITs, central universities, and other central institutions died by suicide between 2014 to 2021

Seven students, allegedly died by suicide hours after the Telangana State Board released the results of the Intermediate Public Examination 2024.

Lack of mental health professionals

only 0.3 psychiatrists, 0.07 psychologists, and 0.07 social workers per 1,00,000 people in Bharat

In comparison, developed countries have 6.6 psychiatrists per 1,00,000 people.

The global average number of mental hospitals is 0.04 per 1,00,000 people, while in India, it’s only 0.004

Print - NEET, JEE creating mental health crisis

March 2025

Language selection for NEET exam from 2019

NEET controversy and Protests

July, 2026

Sit - In outside PM's residence (21, Tuesday)

• detained by Delhi Police after staging a sit in outside the PM's residence over police action against student protesting NEET paper leak issue.

Leaders detained

• Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi
• Priyanka Gandhi, MP from Wayanad
• Samajwadi Party Chief, Akhilesh Yadav Business Standard