Rajasthan to prepare online register of students coaching in Kota

There are about 50 small and 10 big coaching institutes in Kota city, home to about 2 lakh students preparing for entry into engineering and medical colleges.

The Rajasthan government will create an online register of students from other states, who are preparing for competitive examinations in Kota city, a well known coaching hub. The proposal for the ₹68 lakh project was cleared on Friday by chief minister Ashok Gehlot.

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RajComp Info Services Limited (RISL) has been assigned the job to create the database, which will include personal details of about two lakh students coaching in Kota city.

“When the details of the students are available, it will be easier to manage these migrants in situations such as Covid-19. Similar student registers will also be prepared for other cities with coaching institutes,” said a release from the CM’s office.

There are about 50 small and 10 big coaching institutes in Kota city, home to about 2 lakh students preparing for entry into engineering and medical colleges. There are around 25,000 paying guest facilities, 3,000 hostels and 1,800 student kitchen facilities. The annual turnover of the coaching related business in Kota is over ₹3,000 crore, as per the official data.

The students register could also be used by parents to learn about their children’s time tables and attendance at coaching institutes. In special circumstances, necessary information and messages can be sent to the phone numbers entered in the database. The local administration will also use this database for better management of the entire coaching ecosystem in the city and the region, said the official release.