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 Bhatinda, Punjab, where they lived in large joint families. They found themselves unable to cope in their new environment, with daily tutorial classes, and having to study for up to 18 hours a day. “It took months of therapy at a rehabilitation centre, and the involvement of their families, to restore them,” says Dr Agarwal.
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