The district administration in Rajasthan’s Kota has ordered a stay on conducting tests and examinations at the coaching centres for two months following the death of two students by suicide. The two NEET aspirants ended their lives in a span of four hours on Sunday, taking the number of deaths to 22 this year.
Kota Collector O.P. Bunkar said the exams had been stopped with immediate effect for the next two months in order to provide “psychological support and security” to the residential students and others studying at the coaching institutes. Mr. Bunkar said the decision formed part of the steps for exercising control of the coaching centres.
The Principal Secretary (Higher and Technical Education) Bhawani Singh Detha held a meeting with the Collector and other officers in Kota through video conferencing on Monday. Mr. Detha, who heads a high-level committee formed last week to look into the issue, also interacted with the representatives of coaching centres and hostel associations during the meeting.
