India, Feb. 15 -- The Congress on Saturday questioned the government over students' suicide cases and closure of coaching institutes, and alleged a "systemic failure" in the education sector in the country.

"For the past several days, there has been continuous news of coaching institutes, which claim to prepare students to become doctors and engineers, shutting down after collecting fees from people. Whenever such systemic failures occur in the country, the government must take responsibility. But today, students and citizens are caught between the government and the market. Dreams are being sold, and there is a surge in coaching institutes because the government system is weak," said Kanhaiya Kumar, the party's in-charge of the National...