BAPATLA: A student who was writing her 10th class SSC examinations committed suicide fearing that she might fail the mathematics exam she wrote the day before. The incident took place on Tuesday morning in Degaramudi village of Martur mandal in the Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh. When her parents went out for work, Naga Poojitha (15) hanged herself to a ceiling fan with
Ministry of Education released a pre-draft of the National Curriculum Framework 2023 on April 6, 2023 and invited suggestions on the same. In the new draft, the NCF addressed the common fear or phobia amongst students and said approach of teaching must be thought where students find maths enjoyable., Education News, Times Now
Mathematics should be integrated with arts, sports and language to make the subject more creative and aesthetic for school students which has traditionally been more "robotic" and "algorithmic", according to the draft NCF.