Overview

• A viral X post by Anuradha Tiwari revealed Nasr School’s nursery fee of ₹2.51 lakh for the 2025-26 year with a breakdown of tuition, admission, initiation fees and refundable deposit payable across four instalments.
• Families face additional expenses for transportation, uniforms and materials that industry reports estimate could exceed ₹50,000 annually.
• Online reactions have polarized between critics who label the charges exploitative and supporters who view them as market-driven investments in infrastructure and staff quality.
• The proposed Telangana Private Schools and Junior Colleges Fee Regulatory and Monitoring Commission Draft Bill, 2025 seeks to categorise schools, cap their fees and impose penalties of up to ₹10 lakh for non-compliance.
• Private school fees in India have been increasing by 10–30% annually, consuming nearly 19% of urban household incomes and outpacing middle-class income growth.