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TopicKota suicides

Topic: Kota suicides

Amid spate of suicides & low enrollment, Kota administration announces hostel reforms. What’s changing

Reforms, announced under ‘Kota Cares’ initiative launched last yr, aim to create a holistic ecosystem for students & have been developed through extensive stakeholder consultations.

Kota is facing test for survival. It’s competing against edtech & struggling to lose ‘suicide city’ tag

Kota’s journey to becoming India’s most prominent coaching hub began in 1991. The coaching industry here and its related businesses have been valued at approximately Rs 6,000-10,000 cr.

Face of Rajasthan’s coaching hub is changing. Everyone’s rushing to Sikar after NEET success

For decades, Kota coaching institutes were the ‘gold standard’ for competitive exam preparation. Now Sikar, the city known for its havelis, forts, and the Khatu Shyam temple, is emerging as Rajasthan's Coaching Nagri or Shiksha ki Kashi.

18-year-old NEET-UG aspirant jumps to death in Kota a day after results declared

This is the 10th case of suspected suicide by a student in Kota, the country's coaching hub, since January this year.

20-yr-old NEET aspirant from Bengal found hanging in Kota room, no suicide note found

The deceased, Faureed Hussain, was a native of West Bengal’s Birbhum district. This is the 25th case of suicide by a coaching student in Kota this year.

Police, politicians, parents, psychiatrists—everyone’s at work to stop the next Kota suicide

The face of competition has changed in the coaching hub of Kota: Who can spot and stop the next suicide of NEET or JEE aspirants.

As suicide cases rise, Kota coaching centres asked to halt routine tests for NEET, JEE aspirants

According to authorities, 22 students preparing for competitive exams in the district have attempted suicide so far in 2023 which is the highest for any year. Last year, the figure was 15.

3 coaching centre students die by suicide in Kota in their paying-guest rooms

The students from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh were preparing for the medical and engineering entrance exams, sources said they had fallen behind in studies.

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