Aim JEE, NEET: Many prefer 'dummy school' route to focus on entrance exams; experts see redMany students preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams in India choose to enroll in dummy schools in their hometowns so that th...
15 Oct, 2023, 12.41 PM IST
Another NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Kota, fourth case this monthThe latest incident is suspectedly the fourth suicide case by a coaching student in Kota this month and the ninth this year so far. The las...
25 May, 2023, 05.13 PM IST
Kota: Air connectivity till country's coaching hub remains a distant dreamA record two lakh students are enrolled in various coaching institutes this year. Once an industrial hub, the city has transformed into the...
28 Dec, 2022, 12.59 PM IST
Three competitive exam aspirants end their lives in Rajasthan's coaching hub KotaThe deceased from Bihar were identified as Ankush Anand (18), a NEET aspirant, and resident of Supaul district and Ujjwal Kumar (17), a JEE...
13 Dec, 2022, 08.20 PM IST
Amid edtech layoffs, Kota factories going big on hiringResonance Kota managing director RK Verma said, "Things are looking up after the pandemic. The Allen deal is an affirmation of that positiv...
15 May, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
Kota's coaching centres are back in full swing, operating in hybrid modeBesides instructors, coaching centres are hiring tech talent that can build apps and technology for running live interactive classes. At it...
13 May, 2022, 09.02 AM IST
Rajasthan: Covid protocol in place, Kota coaching institutes all set to reopen from September 1At the hostels and messes, biometric attendance will be replaced with registers which will have a column for categorising students with inf...
28 Aug, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
Online model a ray of hope for Kota’s leading coaching chainsIn several instances, student enrolment numbers have surpassed pre-Covid levels. The same, however, does not apply to revenues as online fe...
15 Aug, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
Kota’s coaching institutes have a new rival: Edtech giant Byju's test prep ambitionsEducation sector analysts that ET consulted say Kota institutes have been steadily losing market share to players such as Aakash, FIITJEE a...
08 Aug, 2021, 09.20 AM IST
Son of NREGA labourer makes it to IIT-Delhi18-year-old Abhishake, resident of Chatrapura village in Etawa area of Kota district, is now a student of IIT-Delhi.
24 Sep, 2016, 05.38 PM IST
What’s driving aspiring doctors and engineers to the edge?Rise in suicides in Kota sparks criticism that coaching schools have taken in too many students & do not have enough counsellors to help th...
05 Jan, 2016, 04.51 AM IST
Man behind Super 30, Anand Kumar, to take formula online; to offer IIT coaching classes at Re 1 per lectureSuper 30 Online will be launched next year, said Kumar, who expects the venture to hurt the business of coaching schools based in Kota, Raj...
23 Aug, 2014, 02.29 PM IST
Kota coaching centres taking on young students to train them for the IIT JEEFamilies in Gujarat, Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are sending 11-year-old children to Kota for combined coaching and schooli...
09 May, 2014, 01.39 PM IST
- IIT results 2011: Kota regains lost glory in IIT-JEE stakes, 3 students from Kota coaching institutes in top ten
Students from the IIT-JEE coaching hub regained their dominance in the examination this year, with three of them finding a place amongst th...
26 May, 2011, 11.17 AM IST
- Brokers trade IIT-JEE toppers in race for credit
There is also a cottage industry that feeds off IIT coaching classes, one that deals with the buying and selling of top rankers at the join...
20 Feb, 2011, 05.42 AM IST
- Dream not over yet: Kota IIT classes spread out India-wide
The academy didn’t spend an ounce on brand-building ; all it mentioned in its pamphlets was that it came from Rajasthan’s coaching hub.
11 Apr, 2010, 10.48 AM IST
- Kota's poaching classes score 'A' levels
The town has nearly 10 classes whose unique selling proposition is that they have hired teachers from the best in the business.
22 Mar, 2010, 02.44 AM IST