The city of Kota in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan is a popular education hub for aspiring students preparing for competitive exams. However, upon their arrival in the city, these students are unaware that some of them will have to face relentless pressure of exams and expectations from their families and having their lives cut short on failing to sustain extreme stress and inability to succeed.

Data Lab | Inside Kota, India’s coaching hub and ‘factory of suicides’

A teenage girl preparing for the competitive Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) died by suicide on Monday (Jan 29) in India's Kota city. She left behind a note to her parents saying she was sorry, calling herself a “loser”.

Indian student pens heartbreaking note for parents before dying by suicide in Kota

A 17-year-old Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) aspirant in Rajasthan's Kota hanged himself in his hotel room, the news agency PTI reported on Friday (August 11) citing the police.

India: JEE aspirant dies by suicide in Kota, Rajasthan in 19th such case this year

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Data Lab | Inside Kota, India’s coaching hub and ‘factory of suicides’

Indian student pens heartbreaking note for parents before dying by suicide in Kota

India: JEE aspirant dies by suicide in Kota, Rajasthan in 19th such case this year