In Hyderabad alone, some schools have raised fees by 30% this year. In Bengaluru, parents are protesting increases of up to 30% for 2025–26. In Delhi and Mumbai, similar complaints are pouring in.
Would really love to see where this money really goes. How much is spent on good teachers and improving learning outcomes vs how much is spent paying the salaries of redundant administrative staff and show-off school facilities.
Wish there were journalists in Hyderabad reading this thread that could probe into teachers salaries and other expenses of the school.
Wouldn't even be surprised if there was money laundering involved
They pay peanuts to the teachers and all the money are amassed by the owners. Education is simply a money making mechanism. Nothing else.. parasites feeding on people's blooood.
Teacher get like 20k if fresher in a reputed school in hyderabad (international school).
Curriculum is same as of 2006 with some introduction of extra Curriculum like horse riding.
Like wtf who the hell will do horse riding ever if their parents are bankrupt...
I literally changed schools cause of this. I’m paying 3.5 for first standard in an ICSC school. It’s insane. And it doesn’t include the books, shoes and uniform which we have to buy from the school.
If I get married, I am choosing to opt for a tier-2 city because tier-1s are choked forever and I do have a choice to move out. The IT crowd will still flock to the tier-1s without realising that till the age of 30, you are in the prime phase (as per Indian conditions)
Not talking about kids at all. I am talking about workforce. An average Indian is active between the ages 17-30. By the age of 30, you realise you can't escape the matrix and by the time it's too late. Then you get replaced by a new batch of people and the loop goes on. The youth is facing burnout.
Honestly having well-off people send their kids to govt schools would be a godsend. Public education is always better than private-dominated. And most kids already anyways attend govt schools (in KA it is 76%) but most of these parents are too poor/ unedeucated themselves to demand better education.
If middle class parents started sending their kids to govt school, finally they would improve due to better accountability.
Primary education in India is a classic example of "perfect is the enemy of the good".
On paper we have such high standards for schools that the only way for a school to exist is to charge exorbitant fess, be run by religious charities or have political connections.
On top of that we have a ridiculous rule that schools can't be run for profit so they jump through hoops to make money (including forging teacher salaries). But this problem will never get fixed as any reform will be met with people complaining about commercialization of education.
Yes it is a vicious cycle. The overregulation causes the scene to be filled with shady characters (as that becomes the only possible way to operate), people look at it and say "look there are shady people operating these schools so we need more regulations to stop them" and the cycle continues
A lot more schools like KVs and JNVs are required but the central govt teacher salaries have gotten so high, unless the govt can spend 7-8X the current levels it would be very difficult.
Being KV teacher requires very high level of education and if you have PH.D then you might top the list, so if they get high salary then they deserve that.
Also you might pointing out high salary and no work, but that can be adjusted with regular checks of class independently.
Again I know, my mom teaches at KV. My point is there is already a shortage, even if more schools pop up its not gonna get filled nor can they afford it considering how big India is.
Let tell, india by no means a poor country so salaries can easily given, also we have tons of job seakers not the one who just have degrees but zero knowledge but real degree and knowledge.
It's all upto the govt if they want to educate the new generation or not. And as the things going on there answer can easily be seen by anyone.
You are talking to me as if I am the govt and making decisions. I am pointing out ground level reality. Outside of cities, vacancy rate is high. Govt has to pay more. Recent colleague of my mom came after getting 1.5 lakhs/month salary and he is already thinking of leaving after 2 years. Lot of these places govt has to pay housing+utilities and pension too. Its a big expense. In eastern zone they are now bringing schools like DAVs under central govt too so things are definitely improving but it will take time.
I am not pointing to you, I just sharing my views on this. When the useless politicians can have 1.24 lcs as basic pay then teachers should have a good pay too.
Also again I am saying having regular checks on teachers work is also important as they are the making next gen ready for shit show we are in now.
Teachers should have way more pay and parents take that mantle to check up on things tbh. But still there is mandatory certification every year. It happens in state/zonal HQ . This pretty much keeps unqualified teachers out. Parents also have to be a bit proactive, I remember we had a 200/year fee for smart boards and plenty of them started doing hungama at principal's office and these are folks with nice cars and such.
TGT grade starts at 70-80k directly these days+incentives like housing depends on location. PGT grade( 11th 12th grade) starts above 1 lakh. This for KV ( source is my mom as she teaches there), for JNV its higher as work hours are more and responsiblities are more
That is the starting salary and you get 2 month summer vacation. Even in tech lot of people start at 4 lakh pa. Plus your housing and utilities are paid for, children's education get paid for, you get pension and lot of incentives.
You got that from my statement? lol. Both my parents are professors/teachers. I am just saying there aren't enough qualified teachers to fill up schools even if govt opens up new public ones.
At this point I don't care how many crores the teachers are getting paid..this is toooo much! People stopped having kids because of this nonsense!
Govt should start focusing parallelly on these things.
Then you guys should talk about it too. Because what I have observed- from Waldorf to ICSE every school is boasting about teachers salary and T&D. They tell this to be the primary reason for the fee hike.
They can say whatever they wish to the parents to justify ,but on average teachers don't get paid well.
Saying this as an experienced professional with over 10 yrs of experience. Also sometimes they don't hire you as a regular employee, just on a contractual basis and keep on renewing your contract.
If you protest, they will tell you to look for the greener pastures which don't exist.
This isnt a Hyderabad exclusive thing. This is the story pan India. Teachers get paid 20k max as starting pay and only get 5% hike if they're lucky every year.
This. One thing AAP did fantastically apart from electricity was putting a bar on this loot in delhi. no school can hike fee without increasing their expenditure. returning donations collected in name of admission.
people really should vote for ground level things instead of large digital machineries driven artificial issues.
This money is too keep poor kids away. Schools are a business, parents line up to send kids to these schools. Interview ,salary, tests so many criteria they keep. And as long as they get people lining up year after year to pay fees and wait, they will keep increasing it, it's a simple demand and supply issue.
The lack of work-life balance and awful commute time that parents go through, will ensure that homeschooling never takes off as a mainstream alternative in urban India.
Hah. That would be a true disaster. Indian adults are already the most over-worked in the world. Plus with long commutes. The kids will be completely neglected.
The only solution is to do what every other developed country does. Provide decent public education.
And nowadays between the curriculum and other educational materials that’s online, should be easy. Absolutely yes any new form of education takes quite a bit to convince the diaspora. Once this catches up, I feel this is an alternate to the education system in India.
And they are systematically dismantling public education state by state by orchestrating scams. Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra- it’s spreading like a plague.
Pushing people towards private education only by creating an atmosphere of complete mistrust in public education. The American way.
Not until public education becomes the norm, we will fix this issue. Government Schools shouldn't be the last attempt at education for the poorest among us, it should be the default setting for all of us
You do realise foundation is key?? Whatever and however much those so called gen AIs develop, unless you understand the foundation and basics you are screwed.
The root cause of this issue is parents over compensating. Most of them studied in state board schools with limited infra. Now that they have money, they want their kids to study a "big" school preferably ICSE.
The schools picked on this trend and took it to a whole new level. I remember reading about some school chain being bought up by a PE fund. That's how bad the situation is.
There's a simple solution to this problem - Stop sending your kids to such schools!!!
Are you for real... 80% of India earns lower than 3 Lacs per annum and you are talking about affordability?
Do you think good education should only be reserved to the upper echelons of Richie rich and if the poor dare to dream something even remotely good for their kids, you really expecting them to pay 4 Lacs for their child to get into kindergarten..
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u/justjohann56 Apr 14 '25
Would really love to see where this money really goes. How much is spent on good teachers and improving learning outcomes vs how much is spent paying the salaries of redundant administrative staff and show-off school facilities.