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Varun TokasAIR 117· 2023

Question 11GS4GS2

आप एक ऐसे जिले के लिया प्रबंधक हैं जो इंजीनियरिंग और मेडिकल प्रवेश परीक्षाओं में विशेषज्ञता वाले कोचिंग सेंटर के लिए एक बहुत बड़ी हब के रूप में प्रसिद्ध हो गया है। राज्य सरकार के एक स्मार्ट शहर परियोजना को मंजूरी दी, जिसमें एक महत्वपूर्ण परिवहन और आवासीय परियोजना का निर्माण किया जाएगा। इस परियोजना के लिमिटेड क्षेत्र में आए एक बड़ी कोचिंग सेंटर के तहत से होकर गुजरना पड़ेगा जो भारत उच्च मानसिकता और पास की साइट्स के बीच आम रास्ते को प्रभावित करेगा। ये, जिन्हें इन भारत की स्मार्ट सिटी परियोजना द्वारा किया जाता है, के मार्गे में चलाया। जिन्हें इन भारत की भारी किसान और सामाजिक सदस्यों को सड़क की ओर सड़क के माध्यम से अतिक्रमण के लिए बेचनोक मांगें, बल्कि प्रकट पूर्णता के लिए एक विकास को असमर्थित रहा जो कि दोनों की भारी मांग का विरोध करते हैं। You are the District Magistrate of a district renowned as the hub for coaching centres specializing in engineering and medical entrance exams. Recently, the district has witnessed a tragic rise in student suicides, with five students in the age group of 15-18 years taking their own lives. These students, who came from various parts of the country, sought admission to prestigious institutions like IITs and AIIMS but were subjected to acute stress, exhaustion and social pressure. The coaching centres, which are loosely managed by financial figures from the ruling party, are reported to have prioritized rankings and success rate. The institutes are said to categorize students into high-performing and low-performing batches, creating adverse circumstances. Many of these students, living in paying guest accommodations or hostels, face isolation, emotional strain, and mental health challenges. Moreover, investigations have uncovered the emergence of black-market drugs among students who, under extreme pressure, resort to unethical means to improve their academic standing.

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Main Body

The case highlights negative impact of coaching and high mental pressure caused due to competitive environment of study.

a) Stakeholders:

1Me - as district Magistrate
2Students in coaching
3Coaching centre staff and owners
4Allied industry of coaching
5Parents of students

Ethical Issues:

1Profit over People
Revenue generation prioritized leading to mental pressure and segregation into batches.
2Competitive study's mental health impact
Huge competition necessarily delicited study and but comes at cost of mental pressure - even suicide
Huge competition necessitates delicate study and but comes at cost of mental pressure - even suicide
3Shareholder duty of coaching centres
Must maximize rankings and revenue but this creates more pressure on the student
4Illicit profiting of vulnerable youth
Malicious actors exploit mental issues of coaching pressure to profit
Drugs create long-lasting detriment by short-term reward
5Nexus of politics and business
Politician favour leads to disruptors turning a blind eye and letting the issue grow

b) I should do the following:

1Organize mental health outreach

and awareness of parents about the situation

2I would organize drug inspection and awareness drive to tackle substance abuse
3Will negotiate about concerns of coaching owners and discuss solutions to the existing issue suchs as:
Capping hours of coaching classes
Dedicated physical activity in centres
Emphasize importance of mental healthy over performance pressure
Ending segregation to promote uniform teaching and not create stigma

and awareness of parents about the situation

2I would organize drug inspection and awareness drive to tackle substance abuse
3Will negotiate about concerns of coaching owners and discuss solutions to the existing issue suchs as:
Capping hours of coaching classes
Dedicated physical activity in centres
Emphasize importance of mental healthy over performance pressure
Ending segregation to promote uniform teaching and not create stigma
4Inform about the situation to appropriate channels to draft regulations.
c) (1) More than 1.0 lakh appearing candidatesstrong competition leads to dejection
2Parental pressure → students being forced into engineering against will
3Lack of resources for mental health → < 0.01 psychologist / lakh people
4"Do or die" mentality prevalent leads to inability to cope with setbacks.

Measures:

1Increase accessibility of mental health support
2Regulate coaching activity to reduce pressure
3Outreach to parents → insist on freedom of child to pick career
4Move higher education colleges can reduce failure rate and decrease pressure.

"Career success must not come at cost of innocent lives"

431 words22 paragraphs

Conclusion

Career success must not come at cost of innocent lives

10 words

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Examiner score
1.8/10

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Topper

Varun Tokas

AIR 1172023

Subject & Paper

GS4GS2

Topic

Government Administration and Social Issues

Youth Mental Health Crisis and Governance

Coaching Centre Regulation and Student Welfare

Writing Stats

441

Total words

22

Paragraphs

analytical

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