{"id":261147,"date":"2023-09-21T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=261147"},"modified":"2023-09-21T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:30:37","slug":"values-kota-imparted-anxiety-and-building-a-future-on-a-butchered-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/values-kota-imparted-anxiety-and-building-a-future-on-a-butchered-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Values Kota imparted: Anxiety and building a future on a butchered present"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>This post is created based on the article \u201cValues Kota imparted: Anxiety and building a future on a butchered present\u201d, published in the Indian Express on 21<sup>st<\/sup> Sep 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper 2 \u2013 Social Issues \u2013 Issues associated with education<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Rising suicides in Kota questions whether the intense focus on future success comes at the cost of the present well-being of students.<\/p>\n<p>Kota is seen as an essential midpoint for students aiming for top-tier colleges. However, the city has witnessed 25 suicides in a single year, indicating a deep-rooted issue in its coaching culture.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the challenges faced by Kota coaching Students?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is an intense environment, where the future is prioritized over the present. It has led to a state of anxiety among students.<\/p>\n<p>Students are made to feel guilty for enjoying anything outside of their studies, leading to a constant state of anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching industry in Kota has overshadowed traditional schooling. Holistic promises of school, such as engagement with all subjects, extracurricular activities, and a balanced life, are often compromised in favor of peak performance.<\/p>\n<p>The societal obsession with success pushes students to extremes in pursuing their dreams.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is a need to reconsider the intense coaching model of Kota. It suggests that there might be alternative paths to success, and students should be allowed the flexibility to choose their journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is created based on the article \u201cValues Kota imparted: Anxiety and building a future on a butchered present\u201d, published in the Indian Express on 21st Sep 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 \u2013 Social Issues \u2013 Issues associated with education News: Rising suicides in Kota questions whether the intense focus on future&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/values-kota-imparted-anxiety-and-building-a-future-on-a-butchered-present\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Values Kota imparted: Anxiety and building a future on a butchered present<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500,8131],"class_list":["post-261147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-social-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}