Overview

• An X post shared a 2025–26 fee sheet from an IB‑affiliated Bengaluru school listing ₹7.35 lakh per year for Grade 1, rising to ₹11 lakh for Grades 11–12, plus a ₹1 lakh non‑refundable admission fee and a ₹1,000 application fee.
• Financial planner D. Muthukrishnan amplified the document on X, arguing the costs are unaffordable even for an IT couple earning ₹50 lakh pre‑tax with two school‑going children.
• Hindustan Times reported it could not independently verify the Bengaluru fee document, and Mint said it could not verify a separate Reddit claim citing about ₹1.85 lakh a year for pre‑nursery.
• Online reactions ranged from defenses of market pricing to calls for price caps or collective shifts to government schools, with some users urging greater regulatory checks on private institutions.
• Business Today linked the debate to structural shifts under NEP 2020 that encourage private and foreign investment in education, a trend critics say is driving commercialization and higher fees.