Jaipur: A 16-year-old girl from Bihar committed suicide in Kota, where she was pepping for medical entrance exams. Sneha Suman, who was from Bihar's Khagaria district, hanged herself in her hostel room late on Monday night.
The police say while she left no suicide note, the competition for the medical and IIT seats create a lot of stress among students which often leads to suicides.
Sneha was the eighth student to commit suicide in Kota this year.
Kota, nearly 250 km from Jaipur, accommodates a range of coaching institutes to prepare students for the IIT and medical entrance exams.
Nearly 11 lakh students sit for the IIT entrance every year. Of these, two lakh qualify the mains and only 10,000 are eventually accepted by the IITs.
Earlier this year, Mr Surpur had sent a letter to the parents of the 1.5 lakh students enrolled for coaching in Kota, urging them "not to force their expectations and dreams on their children".
The police say while she left no suicide note, the competition for the medical and IIT seats create a lot of stress among students which often leads to suicides.
Sneha was the eighth student to commit suicide in Kota this year.
Thousands of students come to Kota to prepare for competitive exams.
Kota, nearly 250 km from Jaipur, accommodates a range of coaching institutes to prepare students for the IIT and medical entrance exams.
Nearly 11 lakh students sit for the IIT entrance every year. Of these, two lakh qualify the mains and only 10,000 are eventually accepted by the IITs.
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Earlier this year, Mr Surpur had sent a letter to the parents of the 1.5 lakh students enrolled for coaching in Kota, urging them "not to force their expectations and dreams on their children".
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