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Kota DM starts 'Dinner with Collector' to ease stress of coaching students

Kota District Magistrate Dr Ravinder Goswami has launched a weekly 'Dinner with Collector' programme under the 'Kamyab Kota' campaign to ease the stress of the coaching students in this coaching city. Himself an MBBS and a former coaching student from the town, Goswami launched the programme last month in view of the rising number of suicides by coaching students, mainly due to study-related stress. Under the 'Dinner with Collector', he has dinner with the students in a hostel every Friday to listen to their mind and heart. On February 1, he interacted with the students of a hostel in the Indraprastha area. He sang Bollywood songs with the students, shared success mantras and motivated them. Notably, two coaching students and a 27-year-old BTech student committed suicide by hanging last month. Twenty-six coaching students allegedly committed suicide in Kota in 2023, the highest figure so far in the city, where over two lakh students come from all parts of the country every year for

18-year-old girl dies by suicide in Kota, second case in less than a week

The victim was to give the JEE test in a day or two. She lived at her family home in Shiv Vihar Colony in the city's Borekheda area

Coaching centres study age-limit guidelines of education ministry

Some say parents, students, institutes will find alternatives to cater to demand

Fine over high fee, 16 years age limit: New coaching centre norms explained

The development follows amid increasing cases of suicides by students in Rajasthan's Kota and elsewhere, stemming from a mental-health epidemic due to study pressure and other related stress

Kota suicides: Help desk gets over 350 complaints, counselling offered

A help desk dedicated to coaching students received 373 complaints in two months since its launch here in September and those suffering from depression were provided professional counselling and medical help, officials said. Several steps were taken by the Kota administration in September following a spurt in alleged suicides by Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and NEET aspirants studying at the coaching centres here. Among the various measures taken to ensure a stress-free environment, students in coaching centres were exempted from routine tests for around a month and noted motivational speakers conducted sessions with students. Officials said the the Students' Help Desk is constantly been working with JEE and NEET aspirants in informal ways while identifying cases that are of concern. Of the total 373 complaints received in September and October, 35 were related to stress and depression, which were addressed by professional counsellors, ASP Chandrasheel Thakur told PTI. Other complain

NEET aspirant from WB found hanging in Kota, 25th suicide case this year

A 20-year-old NEET aspirant from West Bengal was found hanging in his rented accommodation here but no suicide note has been recovered from his room, police said on Tuesday. Faureed Hussain (20), a native of West Bengal's Birhum district had been preparing for the medical entrance exam NEET at a coaching institute in Kota for around a year. He had been living the rented accommodation in Wauf Nagar since July this year. Some other students of coaching institutes also lived in the same house. Hussain was last spotted in the afternoon hours of Monday. When he did not come out of his room till 8 pm, his friends called him but he did not open the door. Following this, they informed the house owner, who called the police, Circle Inspector at Dadabari police station Rajesh Pathak said. Police rushed to the spot and broke the door open to find the youth hanging, he said, adding, "No suicide note was found in the room and the reason behind the extreme step is yet to be ...

People in Rajasthan feel cheated by Congress, says BJP President J P Nadda

BJP President J P Nadda visited Kota, Rajasthan ahead of state Assembly polls to hold discussions regarding 17 Assembly says in Hadoti region

Rajasthan elections: BJP prez Nadda to visit Kota for poll preparations

The BJP is yet to give any clarity regarding former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's role in the upcoming state Assembly elections

Nadda to visit Rajasthan today, to hold meetings with Ajmer, Kota leaders

Earlier on Monday, Nadda visited Rajasthan's Udaipur where he conducted meetings in two sessions for the Udaipur region in view of the upcoming polls

Our responsibility to keep students stress-free: Min on Kota suicides

The alarming number of student suicides in coaching hub Kota is a sensitive issue and it is our collective responsibility to keep students stress free, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, adding that the issue of dummy schools cannot be ignored. In an interview to PTI, Pradhan said no lives should be lost and the Centre is taking initiatives to ensure that coaching is not required and school education is enough. Asked about record student suicides in Rajasthan's Kota this year, Pradhan said, "it is a very sensitive issue. No lives should be lost..they are our kids. They do not even have maturity or knowledge about what is happening to them. It is our collective responsibility to keep students stress free." "There are enough positive models in the country, they need to be replicated.... through technology, through social outreach, through taking care and counselling. NCERT is brainstorming about it, education department is working too..state government is also coming up

20-year-old aspirant hangs self in Kota, cause of death to be ascertained

A 20-year-old government job aspirant allegedly hanged himself in his house in the Kunhari area here, police said on Thursday. The body of Tanveer Khan was on Wednesday afternoon found hanging in his rented house at Krishna Vihar Colony where he lived with his father and younger sister, DSP Khiv Singh Rathore said. No suicide note was recovered from the deceased's room and the actual reason behind the suspected suicide is yet to be ascertained, Sub-Inspector at Kunhari police station Naval Kishore said. Khan was preparing on his own for competitive exams and was not enrolled with any coaching centre, Kishore said. The family hailed from Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, he added. According to preliminary investigation, Tanveer, who had passed Class 12, was recently offered a private job with a good salary but his father, who taught chemistry at a coaching institute here, did not allow him to take it up and insisted that he continued his preparation for a government job, the SI said.

Hostel wardens, staff to undergo professional training amid Kota suicides

Wardens and staff members of hostels in Kota will be given professional training in mess management, psychological and behavioural counselling, and other aspects of students' care to equip them to battle the rising number of suicides by aspirants in the coaching hub. The move comes in wake of a record number of suicides this year by students preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams. Three hostel associations in Kota -- Chambal Hostel Association, Coral Hostel Association and Kota Hostels Association -- have signed an MoU with the Jai Minesh Tribal University here to design special Hostel Management certificate courses for the wardens and staff. Over 2.5 lakh students move to Kota annually to prepare for competitive exams such as the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for engineering and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges. Kota Hostel Association President Naveen Mittal said there are 3,500 hostels in the coaching hub. This year h

Rajasthan CM inaugurates Rs 120 crore park for coaching institute students

The Rs 120 crore projects aims to create a stress-free environment for students to unwind and connect with nature

CM Gehlot cancels Kota visit; eco-violations on riverfront construction

Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi inaugurated the Rs 1,442-crore Chambal riverfront project

Another NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Kota, 25th case this year

Kota Police received information about the student's death around 10.30 pm on Tuesday from the private hospital where she was taken

Parents tell children there's no going back: Police on suicides in Kota

One of the major reasons behind poor mental health of students in this coaching hub that often prompts them to take the extreme step is "parents telling them there is no going back", according to police and district officials attempting preventive measures as record student suicides rock "Kota factory". Top coaching institutes also claim that majority parents refuse to accept feedback provided to them and want their children to continue anyway in their preparation for engineering and medical entrance exams. From reaching out to parents about possible signs of depression in their child, no aptitude for the particular subject or career, inability to live away from home, police and coaching institutes say their communications to parents about such issues are often met with resistance and majority of them refuse to accept these. "Amid our interactions with the students, we found a student who was visibly depressed. I decided to call his father. His response was 'ye to auron ko depress k

The Kota story: Are students crippled with the stress, fear of failure?

A matter of life and death: Psychologists are in demand as the Kota system of rankers and bankers creates more foes than friends. Is there a way out of the pressure cooker?

Rajasthan elections 2023: Kota City to receive Heritage Chambal Riverfront

The Rajasthan government has allocated a budget of Rs 256.46 crore for the construction of a high-level bridge over the Chambal River in Kota district

Kota coaching institutes address student suicide, focus on mental wellbeing

Sports, lighter schedules, mentorship, and enlisting experts such as psychologists and cousellors are among some of the steps taken by institutes

Kota district administration stays tests, coaching exams for 2 months

The Kota district administration, citing the need for mental support, stayed the tests and examinations for two months