Outrage Over Steep Nursery Admission Fee In School: A Tale Of Increasing Cost Of Education In India

A photograph of a school's fee structure for nursery and junior KG admission for the year 2024-25 has gone viral and sparked a heated debate about the steep nursery fee charges. The most unusual component of the fee structure is the 'Parent Orientation Charge' of Rs 8,400.

This comes amid the ever-increasing cost of nursery admissions in India.

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Disbelief at the escalating cost of education

The image shared on X (formerly Twitter) shares the comprehensive fee structure for the new nursery and Junior KG admissions for the academic year 2024-25.

The components in the fee structure include a one-time admission fee of Rs 55,638, annual charges of Rs 28,314 and one-time development fees of Rs 13,948, amongst others. The total charge adds up to Rs 1,51,656.

However, what grabbed the attention of many is a 'Parent Orientation Charge' of Rs 8,400. Users of X had quite a lot to say.

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The user who posted the image wrote, "Now I understand why my father sent me to a government school."

One commented, "The private school fees will finish up our entire salary."

Others asked, "What even in this Parent orientation charge?"

Yet another commented, "If you pay 1.6 Lakhs per year for 12 years, then the total is 19.2 Lakhs. With that kind of money, you can send your kid to the best colleges in the world. And this without considering interest rates."

Nursery admission fees more than IIT charges

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A survey conducted by Admission Nursery - a parents forum in Delhi NCR - in 2016 found that, on average, nursery schools charge more than the fee for an undergraduate course at IIT.

The survey found that a parent in Gurugram pays Rs 3 lakh a year on an average in the nursery class of a CBSE school, with tuition fees ranging from Rs 80,000 to Rs 1.9 lakh per year.

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