Dhruv Arora recently revisited Kota, the dusty town where he had spent two of the most painful years of his life a decade ago, preparing for IIT. Arora, an alumnus of IIT-Bombay, feels Kota has become progressively worse, with coaching factories growing in size – what was once a three-storey building with 5,000 students has […]
18-hour study schedules. A brutal sorting system that segregates ‘average’ students. No fee refund policies for those who want out ‘We can’t take it anymore. Our parents have told us to return home only after cracking IIT-JEE,” said two distressed young students to psychologist Dr ML Agarwal in Jawaharnagar, Kota. The boys were both from […]
MUMBAI: Self-harm, substance abuse, bullying, sexual experimentation and the possibility of pregnancy, sleep-related issues, loneliness, weight loss, acidity and anxiety are common among students in Kota, the coaching class capital of Rajasthan famous for offering preparatory courses to IIT hopefuls, a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences has said. MUMBAI: Self-harm, substance abuse, […]
Out of 462 cases of murder reported last year, killings over trivial issues accounted for 18 per cent of the cases, according to the Delhi Police. DELHI: A 30-year-old man was killed allegedly by three employees of an eatery following an argument after he complained about the quality of food he was served, police said […]
WASHINGTON: The deadly gun rampage at a Florida high school on Wednesday took to 18 the number of school shootings across the United States so far this year — a phenomenon that authorities seem powerless to prevent. The stunning number underscored how commonplace gun violence has become in America, with students in elementary and secondary […]
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The school principal K Sagar termed the incident a “friendly” punishment. JHABUA, MADHYA PRADESH: A 12-year-old girl was slapped 168 times over a period of six days by her classmates at a residential school on the instructions of their teacher, the child’s father complained to school authorities and police. However, the school principal K Sagar […]
LUCKNOW: In a chilling reminder of the murder of a class II student in a Gurgaon school last year, a class I student was stabbed in his school toilet in Lucknow on Tuesday. The seven-year-old, who was allegedly attacked by a senior girl student, is battling for life at the trauma centre of King George’s […]
BENGALURU: The number of students from India enrolled in graduate level programmes in computer science and engineering in the United States has declined by 21 per cent from 2016 to 2017, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the US Department of Homeland Security. The NFAP […]
MUMBAI: State Bank of India’s (SBI) education loan defaulters may soon get calls from recovery agents. The country’s bank has put Rs 380 crore worth of loans in default on the block. These loans will be sold at a discount to the highest bidder who will get the same rights as the bank to recover […]
