In some cases, Indian schools have almost doubled their fees in some cases in some cases, a new report said on Friday.
According to the Localcircles report, 8 % of parents responded throughout India said that schools where their children study increased their fees by more than 80 percent, emphasizing the increasing cost of education in the country.
The report claims that parents are now concerned about how they deal with “the burden of further increase in fees in all classes in most private schools”.
The Localcircles survey received more than 31,000 answers from the parents of school children found in 309 districts of India.
School fees of 50-80%, the parents say
The survey asked the parents/ legal representatives of the school who went to children: “How much school your children/ grandchildren have attended in the last 3 years, ie between 2022 and 2025?”
Of the 15,461, who responded to this question, 8 percent indicated a 80 % trip in school fees. Meanwhile, 36% of respondents reported between 50-80% of school fees; 8 percent of respondents said a 30-50 %trip; And 27 percent of respondents reported a 10-30% increase. However, 8 % of respondents stated that during this period there was no “change of fee”.
A total of 44 percent of the parents responded claim that their children have increased their fees by 50-80 over the last three years in the last three years.
State government without assistance
Almost all parents, 93 %, are accurate, they said that their state governments were not effective in limiting the increase in school fees.
Of the 16 018, who answered the question whether state governments were effective in limiting school fees, only 7 percent of respondents said “Yes, were”.
On the other hand, 46 percent of respondents said, “No, they speak, but they can’t have any impact” and 47 percent of respondents said “No, they didn’t even appear.” A total of 93 % of the parents responded claim that their state government was not effective in limiting or limiting an excessive increase in school fees.
Interestingly, the Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that states could not interfere with private schools to determine and collect fees.
Schools justify an increase in fees
The Association of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka defended a hike and claimed that institutions must revise the payout of teachers every year if they do not want the competitors to bag them. In addition, according to the report, there is an increase in related cost of teaching.
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