Wardens and staff members of hostels in Kota, Rajasthan will be given professional training in mess management. Reports state too that they will receive psychological and behavioural counselling to equip them to battle the rising number of suicides by aspirants in the coaching hub. This move comes in the wake of a record number of suicides this year by students preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams.

At least 2.5 lakh students move to Kota annually to prepare for competitive exams such as the Joint Entrance Exam for engineering and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to medical colleges.