GANGTOK, 10 Feb: A 19 year old boy reportedly committed suicide at his home in Peku panchayat ward, under Temi police jurisdiction yesterday.
According to reports, the boy was a class VIII student. He was the youngest son in the family and as per reports, appeared depressed for the past month. The cause of this depression, it is being speculated, was unsatisfactory performance in the school exams. He had reportedly failed in three subjects in the last examinations.
The boy went missing on the morning of 09 February and it was only at around 3:15 p.m. later in the day that his body was found hanging from the neighbourhood mobile tower. The report to the police was made by the ward panchayat.
While students are now provided counseling on the kind of careers they can pursue and on what kind of options, in terms of subjects, they can take up, there seems to be some more intervention and counseling required for students to handle and deal with academic, peer and family pressures. A high number of youth are taking this fatal step and just the introduction of helplines does not seem to be working.
According to reports, the boy was a class VIII student. He was the youngest son in the family and as per reports, appeared depressed for the past month. The cause of this depression, it is being speculated, was unsatisfactory performance in the school exams. He had reportedly failed in three subjects in the last examinations.
The boy went missing on the morning of 09 February and it was only at around 3:15 p.m. later in the day that his body was found hanging from the neighbourhood mobile tower. The report to the police was made by the ward panchayat.
While students are now provided counseling on the kind of careers they can pursue and on what kind of options, in terms of subjects, they can take up, there seems to be some more intervention and counseling required for students to handle and deal with academic, peer and family pressures. A high number of youth are taking this fatal step and just the introduction of helplines does not seem to be working.
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