'I have also failed in PMT': Kota DM writes to motivate coaching students, parents

In the wake of the rising cases of suicides, with two incidents taking place within three days, Kota District Collector Dr Ravinder Goswami Tuesday wrote separate letters to the NEET and JEE aspirants and their parents giving his own example of being a failure in the Pre-Medical Test several years ago.

Goswami, himself an MBBS doctor before becoming an IAS officer, said failure is an opportunity to improve and turn it into success. He urged the parents to give a chance to their wards to improve their mistakes and not associate the happiness of the children with the marks they obtain in exams.

Citing a motivating couplet from Urdu poet Sahir Ludhianvi, Goswami began his address to the students with "Dear children" and noted that failures allow one to surmount the mistakes committed in life and turn the failures into success.