The National Task Force set up by the Supreme Court to look into the issue of student suicides and mental health across higher education institutes will now have a Nodal Officer in each State and Union Territory to help with its work, the NTF said on Saturday (September 6, 2025).
The 12-member Task Force, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ravindra Bhat, added that the surveys it had launched for students, faculty, parents, and citizens had received over 1 lakh responses so far.
Strategies through which educational institutions can help students cope with mental health challenges
A statement issued by the NTF on Saturday (September 6, 2025) said that while all higher education institutes, universities, and colleges registered with the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) have been directed to provide detailed responses to the surveys by September 12; regulatory bodies, including the All India Council for Technical Education, the Pharmacy Council of India, the Bar Council of India, have also been directed to furnish data.
According to the NTF, the Department of Higher Education has directed the regulatory bodies to submit data on student/faculty composition by category and quota, mental health services available, records of suicides or attempts of suicide, student dropouts, grievance redressal committees, and challenges and measures related to student well-being.
