Private schools in india were once seen as the path to better education. Today, many of them look more like luxury clubs for the ultra-rich than centres of learning. A viral screenshot from a Bengaluru school charging an eye-watering ₹7.35 lakh per year for a Grade 1 student (and ₹11 lakh for Grades 11-12) has reignited the debate on how education has turned into daylight robbery in the name of quality. Here are the hard truths:
1. Learning Or Looting?
₹7.35 lakh per year just for Grade 1—and that’s not even counting transport, books, uniforms, and activities. That’s more than a year’s salary for millions of Indians.
2. education Becomes A Luxury Item
Schooling is supposed to be a basic right, not a luxury product. Yet, in cities like Bengaluru, it has been packaged and sold like designer handbags—for those who can flaunt, not for those who actually need it.
3. Even IT Couples Struggle
Financial planner D. Muthukrishnan pointed out that even an IT couple earning ₹50 lakh annually with two children would find this unaffordable. If the “well-off” are struggling, where does this leave the rest of India?
4. teachers Paid Less, Management Gets Richer
parents argue that the money doesn’t even go to teachers. Instead, bloated management costs and posh infrastructure swallow the lion’s share, while many teachers remain underpaid.
5. parents Caught In A Trap
Most parents don’t want to send their kids to government schools due to poor facilities. But private schools exploit this fear, leaving families with no middle ground—either compromise on quality or sell your soul for fees.
6. The “Stop Admission” Protest Idea
One user bluntly said, “If parents boycott private schools for two years and send kids to government schools, these overpriced institutions will become haunted houses.” A slap of truth few dare to act upon.
7. india, A Land Of Extremes
On one hand, millions of children in rural india walk barefoot to dilapidated government schools. On the other hand, toddlers in Bengaluru’s posh schools are billed ₹1.85 lakh just for pre-nursery. The gap is not just shocking—it’s obscene.
💥 Final Punch: When Grade 1 costs ₹7.35 lakh, schools stop being temples of knowledge and start looking like corporate sharks in uniforms. The question is—how long will parents keep feeding this monster?
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