CoEP student ends life due to ‘exam stress’

He reportedly was not prepared for Tuesday’s mathematics examination. He decided not to skip the exam after his roommates advised against it. He left the hostel for the exam but returned back to his room and ended his life,said Sudhir Agashe,dean of student affairs at CoEP.

Roommates returning after the exam found that Sangameshwar’s room was locked from inside. There was no response to repeated calls from his roommates to open the door.

The hostel authorities along with the local police broke into the room where Sangameshwar’s body was found hanging. “He had topped the list of diploma holders and was admitted to CoEP for direct second year admissions this academic year. He was a studious and hard-working student. It was never expected he would take such an extreme step,” college authorities said.

The deceased’s cousin brother Ganesh Jadhav,who is based in Pune,said Sangameshwar was in a disturbed state of mind due to poor examination preparations. “We never thought he would end his life. It is very tragic for our family,especially my uncle,who is a farmer. Sangameshwar’s two younger sisters are in deep shock,” he said.

The autopsy of the deceased was on till evening at Sasoon hospital,after which the body was to be taken to his native place for final rites. “Since 2011,CoEP has introduced revised syllabus for mathematics for students directly admitted to the second year owing to their relative weak foundation in the subject. Also,we have ‘no failure criteria’ for slow-learners to ease out examination related pressure. It is painful that despite all this student centric measures,Sangameshwar succumbed to academic pressure,” Agashe said.