585 students killed selves in 2022: Study

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Published: January 27, 2023, 09:14 PM

585 students killed selves in 2022: Study

A whopping 585 students from schools, colleges, universities and madrasas across the country committed suicide, reveals a study Achol Foundation.

Among them, 340 were school students, 106 were college students, 85 were university students and 54 were madrasa students, the reaearch adds.

The foundation revealed the information through a press release on Friday.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka has the highest percentage of school and college students dying by suicide at 23.77, followed by Chattogram division at 17.27 percent.

Last year 60.15 percent of the total suicide-related deaths were reported to be women.

Students aged between 13 and 19 are the most likely to die by suicide, the study finds.

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