With the much awaited Right to Education Act (RTE) which will make education compulsory and free till class 8, coming into force, the government of India is now gearing up to face the consequences of implementation of this act - increase in number of student suicides. Home Minister P. Chidambaram acknowledged the possibility that the move to enforce compulsory primary and secondary education will result in drastic increase in the number of students vying for limited college seats which might result in more attempted student suicides.

Speaking to reporters, the home minister said the government is aware of the possibility of disastrous consequences of implementing the RTE Act. "Well..yes, I'm aware that every right granted to...

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