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From a mother's grief to a nation's fury: How an exam leak became a political storm

Akanksha's parents gave their all for her education. The pressure from Indian society to succeed was too high. Students blame the government.

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Akanksha's parents gave their all for her education. Students blame the government. It begins: "Mummy, Pappa." It's the suicide note that her 18-year-old daughter Akanksha wrote before she took her life in May. Akanksha's suicide was one of around a dozen by Indian students that were covered by Indian media, and became one trigger for protests that have shaken the government of the Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi, who has ruled for over a decade. The Indian Express newspaper reported that the deaths came after the country's education ministry cancelled the results of a medical college entry exam that some 2 million students had taken, saying the questions had been leaked. Students were then ordered to retake the high-pressure test, in which they competed for some 30,000 general admission places. "I have ruined everything." Sadly, there have long been thousands of suicides a year among students in India. But some argue that high pressure exams are contributing to an increase. The Hindu newspaper reported that student suicides increased from 8,068 in 2014 to 14,488 in 2024. Around a fifth died after they failed to clear exams, the paper reported. Critics say the crisis begins with a complex education system in the country that does not treat its more than 200 million students equally.

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From the storyThe Indian Express newspaper reported that the deaths came after the country's education ministry cancelled the results of a medical college entry exam that some 2 million students had taken, saying the questions had been leaked.

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