Rajasthan’s Kota has had quite a journey from being the coaching capital of India to becoming the student deaths factory in 2023 for its students. It is impossible to bring back the ones we’ve lost but it’s not out of Kota or parent’s reach to make mental health their priority.
Kota Student Suicide: In Rajasthan's Kota India's coaching district for aspiring engineers and doctors two suicides within four hours on Sunday took the tally this year to 23, the highest ever recorded.
Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas also asked why coaching centres were not installing nets to stop students from dying by suicide by jumping from their buildings.
An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from West Bengal, preparing for the medical entrance test at a coaching institute in Rajasthan's Kota, died this morning after being found unconscious in his paying guest accommodation, police said.