‘Exam Uncertainty, Pressure Claimed My Daughter's Life'
The New Indian Express Chennai|September 14, 2020
A day after Jothi Sri Durga died by suicide over fear of getting disqualified in the NEET, her father Muruga Sundaram said that the uncertainty that hovered over the test coupled with exam pressure could have caused depression and stress in his daughter.
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‘Exam Uncertainty, Pressure Claimed My Daughter's Life'

He said that if the test was conducted at the initially scheduled date, she would have unburdened herself of the stress of a whole year. The aspirant was set to take the examination for the second time, as she did not secure a seat in 2019.

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