Shocking! Rs 3.7 Lakh Fee For LKG (image: Unsplash/Joydeep Sensarma)
Education is the biggest business, it seems. The whopping rise in school fees, is quite alarming. A school in Hyderabad demanded Rs.3.7 lakh school fee for Lower Kindergarten (LKG), Times of India reports. Not just parents, but everyone astonished to see the amount the school asked for a four-year-old”s education.
In conversation with TOI, the parent revealed that the hike was reportedly asked by a prominent school in Hyderabad”s Bachupally, where the fee got advanced from 2.3 lakh in 2023 to 3.7 lakh in the current academic year, when the child was about to join LKG in April.
According to parents, the school administration validated the hike by referring shift to an International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, which they claimed was final.
“When we enrolled our son, we expected the fee structure to remain relatively stable until he reached grade 1. However, the leap from Nursery to LKG placed him in a new fee bracket, almost 70% higher,” the child”s parent told TOI.
Interestingly, the parents stated that their elder son, who is studying in Class 4 in the same school pays Rs. 3.2 lakh, just 50,000 less than the new fee requested from the younger child in LKG. The parents said that financially, this cost will be “quite burdensome” for them. Therefore, they are thinking about changing child”s school which at the same time, poses challenge as to find admission on short notice.
When Journalist Sudhakar Udumula shared the news on X handle, in the comments section, many users including parents shared their experiences. Some urged Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to look into the matter. One individual wrote: “It is not the hike that surprises me. Parents were ready to pay 2.3 L per annum earlier also just for kindergarten class. That surprises me more than the hike since Bachupally is low cost zone. Just curious, what is the Tenth class fees in that school.” Another user wrote: “If people are ready to pay, then schools will charge whatever they feel like. The problem lies with parents, not schools.”
(With inputs from TOI)
