Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also attended the IIT Council meeting. In this meeting, it has been decided to appoint at least one mental health counselor in every IIT campus.
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Suicide Cases in IITs: Top engineering colleges of the country IIT’s The IIT Council has come down hard on the issue of student suicides. The meeting was held almost two years after the IIT Council meeting. IIT Council is the top coordination body of 23 IITs of the country. In this meeting, it has been decided to ban the suicide case in IIT.
The Ministry of Education has expressed concern over the death of students by suicide. The meeting was held for more than seven hours under the chairmanship of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at IIT Bhubaneswar. In this meeting, the mental health and well-being of the students was discussed in detail.
Education Minister took the decision
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has emphasized on developing a strong system of zero tolerance for discrimination in engineering institutions. For this, it has been asked to improve mental health.
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Glimpses of the 55th meeting of the Council of Indian Institute of Technology being held in Bhubaneswar.
Guided by PM @narendramodis vision and driven by the tenets of NEP, we are committed to transform IITs into world-class research, innovation & entrepreneurial universities. pic.twitter.com/1afws7lPAD
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) April 18, 2023
Amid growing concerns over the death of students by suicide, the IIT Council at IIT Bhubaneswar decided to appoint at least one mental health counselor in each campus. These counselors will connect with the students through classes.
students dropping out
Almost every IIT in the country is found to be struggling with mental health issues. At the same time, cases of students leaving studies in the middle have also come to the fore. It is observed that the dropout rate is higher at the post graduation level as compared to the graduation level. The main reason for this is that students often join the job market.
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