“Class 12 girl found dead in school  hostel “  is the news  bit on first page of The Hindu 9(26.7.22)slapping on our face . As usual the “police Suspects it to be a case of suicide. “It looks as though Tamil Nadu would soon earn the    distinction of  getting first rank in teenage girls suicide . We do not know whether the agony of the families , worry of the civil society and the fellow students fear about their future shakes the collective consciousness of the stake holders of school education sector. For them it seems to be another addition  of death added to the existing data of teenagers suicides or murders. Our administrators seem to think that, consolation , cash  compensation  and extensive media coverage would please and calm down the parents .

 When will the school education ministry come out with most effective , urgent  and concrete steps to arrest the suicidal  tendency among youngsters? When will they give the teachers training in  identifying  the students distress and offer counseling ? When will the school education department undertake a thorough inspection of the school hostels and  take  steps to eliminate erring hostels and when will the CBSC schools brought under  the inspection of the state authorities ? When will government schools  standards upgraded so that , poor students are not lured towards heartless private schools ?