Mumbai, followed by Pune, has seen more student suicides than any other region in the state, according to government figures for a period of three months.Across the state, the most common cause for student suicide is examination-related stress; the government has sought to address this by setting up a steering committee to take a fresh look at the education system.
Mumbai saw 22 students, about a fourth of the total, committing suicide in the period ; Pune saw 20 with Kolhapur next at 18.Plans for an education overhaul includes revision of a one-year diploma in counselling at the Vocational Training Centre in Mumbai; this will include psychology, while a three-month certificate course will be started at district level. The Secondary School Certificate board is in the process of making a curriculum framework of how the education system needs to be changed along with the evaluation system, said Minister of State for School Education Fauzia Khan.
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