A surge in youth suicide cases over the past several months requires serious attention from the state and related agencies. Three students jumped to their death on separate occasions in Nakhon Ratchasima province over a three-month period. One was studying at Suranaree University of Technology's medical programme, while the other two, a boy and a girl, were school students.
Before these tragic cases, a 14-year-old student took her own life in her home town of Songkhla at the beginning of the school term in May after her family had trouble paying school fees. Poor communication from a teacher resulted in the ill-fated student wrongly thinking she'd been expelled and she was unable to cope with the trauma.
