Post LinkedIn from Akur Jhaveri, who identifies himself as associate professor Vice President Idfy – integrated identity platform – revived the debate on the increasing costs of private school education in India. Jhaveri drew from a recent conversation with his cousin, a teacher at an international school, and crumbled overwhelming “mathematics” for raising a child in urban India – and his post attracted the attention of many online.
“I never realized the real cost of raising children in India until I met my cousin last week,” Jhaveri wrote.
According to his envelope calculation, fees for tuition fees in an international school range from £7 to £9 Lakh per year. This, as stressed, does not include basic information such as uniforms, books, private teaching and other academic costs that add more £2-4 lakh per year.
When you take into account extracurricular, coaching, clothing, leisure activities and birthday parties – estimated on the surroundings £1 Lakh per year – total annual children’s expenditure £13 Lakh.
But it doesn’t stop there.
Assuming the parent devotes about 30% of their income to the education and well -being of their child, you need clean income around £43–44 Lakh per year to afford this lifestyle.
Income and Jhaveri’s tax factor concludes that gross salary £55–60 Lakh per year requires only one child to bring up comfortably in Indian meters.
“And that’s if you have one child. Keep more and these numbers increase significantly,” he added.
His contribution became a viral on LinkedIn and brought both an agreement and countermeasures.
In the postscript Jhaveri acknowledged that ICSE schools can be charged less. However, he claimed that most urban parents, especially those on platforms such as LinkedIn, aim to provide their children with “best education”, often powered by social pressure and fear of the missing (FOMO).
“The best ICSE schools – older – are extremely difficult to get into them. I say to have an ICSE education alone. Admission to them is not a walk in the park,” he wrote.
The viral post caused extensive reflection, and many parents dealt with their own experience. While some proposed cost -effective school alternatives, others reflected Jhaveri’s concerns and lamented over the growing financial burden of parenthood in Indian cities.
The user wrote: “Good schools CBSE in Delhi only charge a tuition fee 10k per month. Their academic standards are one of the best in India.”
Next said, “I think the real problem that needs to be solved first is not high cost of education ….. it’s FOMO
If someone has to send their child to a school with 7-9 Lakhs annual tuition and total costs of 12-13 lamps per year and the child must still be sent to the trace right from the start, before the child is preparing for competing exams in academic career.
Both ways, it is a fomo that attracts not only parents but also a child. ”
The third user said, “The fees of quoting are one of the elite schools for children’s celebrities, and this includes everything just because you know. You and your cousin are nowhere near this league, so stop pretending to live the same life.
The fourth user wrote: “Good education is luxury”
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