60% of Suspected Student Suicide Cases in Hong Kong Involved Children Aged 15 or Under
According to the South China Morning Post, data from the Education Bureau indicates that at least 60% of suspected student suicide cases over the last three academic years involved children aged 15 or younger, prompting calls for schools to reduce excessive homework.
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The South China Morning Post reports that the Education Bureau has disclosed that in the last three academic years, at least 60 per cent of suspected cases of student suicide involved children who were 15 years of age or younger. This has led to calls for schools to prevent the assignment of excessive homework to allow pupils to maintain a balanced lifestyle.
Furthermore, the Education Bureau informed lawmakers on Wednesday that school principals had directly referred 547 students who were considered at high risk of suicide to the public health system over the preceding two and a half years.
Data also showed that, on average, principals had been referring approximately 17 high-risk students to the Hospital Authority each month since December 2023.
In a written reply to the Legislative Council, Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin stated that the number of suspected student suicide cases reported to her bureau by primary and secondary schools were 30, 33, and 23 across the three school years spanning 2023 to 2026.
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