Decades after it built a reputation for academic success Latur is in the national spotlight for the rot that has set into its powerful coaching ecosystem.
Before Kota, there was Latur. The mid-sized Marathwada town, twice ravaged by earthquakes, rebuilt its equity as one of Maharashtra’s biggest coaching centres with “The Latur pattern” that attracted thousands of students across the state. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Maharashtra state board had a merit list which was invariably stacked with students from Latur division.