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The spate of student suicides prompted the stakeholders to come up with desperate measures such as installing anti-hanging devices in hostel room fans and iron mesh in balconies and lobbies.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. For Ramesh Kumar (name changed) from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, 2023 was the worst year of his life. His family is still coming to terms with the loss of their elder son, who killed himself in a hostel room in Rajasthan's Kota where he had been preparing for the medical entrance exam for the past two years. India News | 'Kota Factory' in 2023: Year of Highest Student Suicides, Desperate Preventive Measures.

The spate of student suicides in Kota has prompted the stakeholders to come up with desperate measures such as installing anti-hanging devices in hostel room fans

Late Thursday, a 19-year-old student at Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, reportedly took his own life by hanging himself in his hostel room

India News: Late Thursday, a 19-year-old student at Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, reportedly took his own life by hanging himself in his hostel room

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Priyam Singh, a student from Mau in Uttar Pradesh was in Kota for the last one year to prepare for NEET-UG.

To address the increasing number of student suicides in Kota, India, wardens and staff members of hostels will receive professional training in mess management, psychological counseling, and student care. Three hostel associations have partnered with a local university to design special certificate courses for the staff. Over 2.5 lakh (250,000) students come to Kota each year to prepare for entrance exams.

Over 2.5 lakh students move to Kota annually to prepare for competitive exams such as Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for engineering and National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges