By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) is studying the adverse affectsof the present examination system in schools to ascertain ifthese were a cause of suicide by students, the Rajya Sabha Upper House) was informed.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour on Monday,Minister of State for Human Resource Development DPurandeshwari said NCERT has not yet made its recommendationson the study on adverse affects on students due to pressure ofexaminations under the present education system.
“We do realise children are under stress and strain (but)exams are not the lone cause of suicides,” she said when asked about the 16,000 reported suicides by students between 2004and 2006.
NCERT has also taken up the subject of examination reforms with state education boards while University GrantsCommission has advised all the universities to undertake academic reforms.
Suicides, she said, were a result of various other factors. “Socio-economic factors add to the stress… anxietyof parents at times transfer to the child.” Counselling and helpline for parents and students havebeen initiated and since September this year, web- based-counselling has been started, she said.