The Hindu·3 min read·medium
CIC directs IITs to form high-level committees to curb student deaths by suicides
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S. Vijay Kumar
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The Central Information Commission has ordered IITs to establish high-level committees to address the rising number of student suicides. This directive follows an RTI appeal seeking data on student deaths, which institutions had previously withheld citing privacy exemptions.
Expressing concern over recurring student suicides across Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the institutions to constitute high-level committees to recommend measures for preventing such deaths and mitigating the factors that contribute to them.
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