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According to official figures, 5,857 students - or 16 students a day - committed suicide across India due to exam stress in 2006. The figure is shocking and exposes the urgent need to revamp our education system. With the CBSE mulling to do away with exam systems till tenth standard, will others follow suit to reduce the burden on students and save several young lives?
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