Concerned over rising incidences of suicides by Students all over the country ,
Supreme Court just released
Guidelines of “ Dos and DONTs “ for Educational Institutions , as
detailed at :
SC issues nationwide norms
amid rising student suicides
SC also asked Centre / States to enact appropriate
legislation for prevention of suicides among students and asked States / UTs to
frame rules within 2 months on mental health safeguards for all private
coaching centres
I carefully went through several news reports on
this but could not find any reference to the “ Affirmative Role “ that parents need
to play in this matter of their children
When children fail to make grade ( score high
percentile marks or even pass an exam ), they feel guilty – especially children
of poor parents – parents who have borrowed heavily for educating their
children . These children are highly depressed and some of them even develop
suicidal tendencies
I was one such Graduate studies student who was
turned away by University of Illinois because I got poor grades
During following summer I kept trying to get
admission at some other University – failing which , I was determined to commit
suicide , since I could not think of facing my parents who came from middle class
and who had borrowed heavily to send me to USA
When I informed my parents about this, my father
wrote to me :
“ Son , not passing your exams is not a failure.
The only failure is to give up trying “
I managed to get admission at the University of
Kansas and obtained my MS ( ME ) with GPA of 4.5 out of 5.0 ( 1958 )
But for those “ Words of unflinching support “ from
my father , I would not be alive today !
Dear Parents :
More than anything that the Teachers – Principals –
Administrators – Govt Officers – Psycho-Therapists – Counsellors etc can do to
help your child , those few words of support from you, will save your child
from a suicide
Just tell them :
“ We are with you every step of your journey
through school/college. Never quit. Only failure is to stop trying “
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.HemenParekh.ai
/ www.IndiaAGI.ai / www.My-Teacher.in / www.HemenParekh.in
28 July 2025
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