NEET aspirant from UP commits suicide in Kota

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Medical Dialogues has been extensively reporting about the rising cases of suicide by NEET aspirants over the years. In the last year itself, more than 15 incidents have been reported wherein NEET aspirants studying in Kota committed suicide under pressure to pass the MBBS entrance test.

In August last year, amid rising suicide cases among NEET students in Rajasthan's Kota, the district administration had issued directions to stop conducting routine tests and examinations at coaching centres for two months with immediate effect.

Later, the Ministry of Education (MoE) released guidelines for coaching centres, as per which coaching centres will not be allowed to enrol NEET aspirants below 16 years of age, make misleading promises and guarantee rank or good marks. 

The guidelines detailing the framework on mental wellbeing come against the backdrop of student suicides in coaching hub Kota in 2023. The rapid increase in the number of student suicides flagged various issues plaguing the coaching industry, additionally, following complaints received by the government about rising cases of student suicides, fire incidents, lack of facilities in coaching incidents as well as methodologies of teaching adopted by them.