Students in residential exam-prep programs lose 1.5–2 hours daily to inadequate basic facilities, destroying study focus and time management

Summary

Students in intensive residential exam-prep programs (e.g., UPSC coaching centers) lose 1.5–2 hours every day to broken, outdated, and unequal basic facilities—like old semi-automatic washing machines that require hours of manual filling and draining, while the women's hostel gets fully automatic machines. Dirty toilets and ignored maintenance requests add stress and health concerns. Management repeatedly ignores student requests for inexpensive fixes, prioritizing campus beautification over basic welfare, and students who pay high fees are left with no functioning accountability channel. This chronic daily time drain and hygiene anxiety directly sabotages the focused study, organization, and sleep these demanding programs require, forcing students to drop out or underperform.