Kota: Concerned over incidents of suicides by coaching students in recent months in Kota, the district administration on Wednesday conveyed a meeting with officials and representatives of coaching institutes and hostels and discussed ways to check it and to render mental, emotional support and security to students coming from across the country to Kota for preparation for entrance exams for admission in medical and engineering colleges.
At the meeting presided over by Kota collector Om Prakesh Bunker, the officials and representatives of coaching institutes and hostels were made aware of their respective responsibility towards coaching students and were warned of serious action if any recklessness was committed.
It was also noted that lease holders of hostels would also hold the same responsibility as those of owners of hostels.
The meeting was aimed at taking suggestions to check the incidents of suicide by coaching students, said Bunker while speaking to media after the meeting. In some cases of suicides, it was found that there were no proper arrangements for counselors, nor institutes could pay attention to them (students) and failed to inform their parents on time that led to tragedies, he added.
To check such incidents in future, it was decided that officials from district administration would be deputed as in-charge in some of the institutes to carry out regular monitoring and to recommend for improvement in case of lapses and loopholes in the institute, he said.
“Kota is an education city and incidents of suicide is a blot,” said Kota city SP Kesar Singh Shekhawat and added any negligence by coaching institute or hostel would be taken seriously. A plan was chalked out at the meeting that aimed at complete check over the incidents of suicides by coaching students, he added. Notably over 2 lacs students are currently taking coaching in institutes of the city.
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