The knowledge was shared by the federal government in response to a query in Rajya Sabha.
New Delhi:
No case of caste discrimination and alienation of SC and ST college students have been reported from Indian Institutes of Expertise (IITs) within the final 5 years, the Ministry of Schooling stated on Wednesday.
The knowledge was shared by Union Minister of State for Schooling Subhas Sarkar in response to a written query in Rajya Sabha.
The Minister knowledgeable that seven instances of suicides by SC and ST college students have been reported in IITs whereas the identical variety of college students from the 2 classes in Central Universities died by suicide since 2018.
“No instances of caste discrimination and alienation in SC and ST college students have been reported from IITs within the final 5 years. With regard to Central Universities (CUs), no information of caste discrimination is maintained centrally.
“In instances of suicides, apart from an inside inquiry by the institute, the district and police administration additionally enquire into the incident. The explanations behind such suicides had been discovered to be tutorial stress, household causes, private causes, psychological well being points, and many others,” Mr Sarkar stated.
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