‘Talk Show’ experts from different sections of Kota have arrived with several kinds of suggestions and remedies to the problem of coaching students’ suicides in Kota. Eliminating loneliness of students by asking them to study in groups, providing affection to the students, stress management, dissemination of information about career options and parent counselling were cited as the key aspects in checking student suicides.
Under the joint aegis of the Rotary
Club Kota and Junior Chamber International Kota, the ‘Talk Show’ on the issue
of coaching students’ suicide was recently held in Kota. Experts from the field
of coaching institutes, Industry, Police department, Medical department,
psychiatrists, psychologists and others attended the symposium. Renowned panellists
like Director of Allen Career Institute, Kota, Govind Maheshwari, Chairman and
Managing Director, Career Point Institute, Kota, Pramod Maheshwari, Director,
Bansal Classes, Sameer Bansal, Director, Motion IIT, Nitin Vijay and Director,
Vibrant Academy, Nitin Jain expressed their views regarding the issue.
Pramod Maheshwari said that the
person having suicidal tendency considers his life waste and it’s the feeling
of inferiority that kills him rather than tension. “Students should be informed
about other career options and importance of life than anything else”, he said.
Nitin Jain said that study about suicides needs
to be conducted in Kota with the help of NGO’s for detailed analysis of student
suicides causes and their
Govind Maheshwari said that students
arrive in Kota with lot of expectations for success while their prestige and
money remains at stake. He said that only study is not the main cause of
students’ suicides all the time as there are other reasons as well. He asked to
develop virtue of competitiveness and values in students for checking such
mishaps. Speaking on the occasion, Editor of Hindi vernacular, Dainik Bhaskar,
Vijay Singh Chauhan said that the government is not concerned about the issue
of students’ suicides despite recovering Rs 120 Crores of taxes from Kota
Coaching. He cited study stress, love affair, inferiority complex and tension
as the key reasons for students’ suicide. Author and also a former Student counsellor,
Dr. Surbhi Goyal said that the person committing suicides gives some kind of
indication prior to the act so there is need to understand such signal. “Teachers,
parents and friends play an important role in identifying such indications”,
she said. She stressed on timely counselling and inclusion of Yoga/Meditation
as important remedies to the problem. President of JCI, Kota, Mahaveer Chordia,
Media Coordinator, Pankaj Laddha and others were present at the symposium.
Sameer Bansal said that parents are
imposing their expectations on their kids which is creating pressure on the
students. “The batch system and scoring in tests are also main reasons for
building pressure on students”, he alleged. Nitin Vijay said that students
should create friend groups to reduce such pressure. Students feel pressure due
to financial expenditure in coaching and parents’ expectations increases it.
Professor, Psychiatry Department,
Government Medical College Kota, Dr. Devendra Vijayvargiya said that there is
need for establishment of Stress Management Cell in the coaching institutes of
Kota for curbing the problem of stress among students in which educated and
trained counsellors remain present.
Bhagwat Singh Hingad, Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Kota said that there are crimes committed with and by
coaching students in Kota. He said that soon a helpline for the coaching
students will be started.
Some other persons present at the symposium
gave suggestions of reducing hostel fees and also giving affectionate
environment to the students in the hostel and rented accommodations for
tackling stress.