High pressure on students in coaching centres: Cong MP in RS

Coaching centres put excessive pressure on students to score high marks in examinations, forcing some of them to commit suicide, a Congress member said in Rajya Sabha today and asked the government to monitor their functioning.
Raising the matter during Zero Hour, Viplove Thakur (Congress) said "a lot of pressure is put on students" in the coaching centres to prompt them to get merit in competitive exams, and referred to such centres in Kota city of Rajasthan.
She said parents too pressurised students and many of them, while making efforts to meet the ambitions of coaching centres and parents, end up committing suicide.

"News reports say over 100 students have committed suicide," the Congress member said, and demanded that working of coaching centres should be reviewed to find out, among other things, how many hours they actually teach the students.
Government assured the members it would look into the issue.
Deputy Chairman P J Kurien also said that the issue raised by Thakur was a very serious matter and added that parents too put lot of psychological pressure on students and send them to these coaching centres.

Intervening in the issue, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said he will inform the concerned Minister about the members' concern over the issue.

Kurien then told the members that government will take action in the matter.
Kanimozhi (DMK) raised the issue of oil spill after a collision between two oil tankers on the seas near the Ennore Port.
She said there was lack of trained persons to deal with such a situation and various wings of the government were not coordinating properly to clear the oil spill which has resulting in destruction of marine life in the area, including turtles.
A K Selvaraj (AIADMK) asked the Centre to instruct the Kerala government to stop construction of "illegal and unauthorised" check dams on Bhavani river.

Several members of the House highlighted the problems being faced by the people of Tamil Nadu, especially the farmers, following torrential rains and cyclone in 2015 and later a deficit monsoon.
C P Narayanan (CPI-M) asked the Centre to ensure adequate supply of foodgrains to Kerala. Former Minister and senior Congress leader A K Antony also supported him.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar assured the members that the government will ensure adequate supply of foodgrains for public distribution.