Wednesday, 28 Jul 2021 08:27 AM MYT
Singapore Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said that the Covid-19 pandemic had aggravated existing stressors that might lead to suicide. iStock pic
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SINGAPORE, July 28 The incidence of suicide among young people aged 10 to 19 jumped 37.5 per cent in 2020 from 2019 as part of an overall increase in people here taking their own lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said yesterday.
In a reply to a question from Murali Pillai, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Batok, Chan said that student welfare, including their mental well-being, was of “utmost importance” to the Ministry of Education (MOE).
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