parents in India About 20,000 rupees are spent in a year on education in government schools. At the same time, parents of students in private unaided schools spend on an average more than Rs 47,000 annually, claimed a survey by SchoolNet India. These expenses include- school fees, transportation and other expenses like infrastructure and classroom facilities.
The name of the survey is ‘Understanding Indian School’. education ‘Spend Landscape’, also adds that due to the increasing competition among students for their academic best performance, parents are encouraged to provide after-school products and services such as personal tutors, tutoring classes, coaching for competitive exams and much more. forced to invest. The average expenditure on annual school tuition fees in private unaided schools is Rs 27,000, compared to Rs 8,000 in government schools, the survey said.
The study was conducted in collaboration with PGA Labs on the total expenditure on schooling and education of a child between private and government schools in India.
Additional findings of the survey revealed that 6 per cent of parents spend between Rs 51,000 and Rs 1,00,000 on education in elite government schools like Kendriya Vidyalayas, while 28 per cent of parents spend between Rs 51,000 and Rs 1,00,000 on education in unaided private schools. spend the same amount for Data from 480 parents of students attending government schools and 437 parents with children in private unaided schools (75 percent attending “affordable”, “low cost” or “budget” private schools) was recorded.
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In addition, the survey analyzed the difference in spending between in-school and after-school education. More than half (56 per cent) of households with children in government schools spend less than Rs 15,000 annually on school expenses, while they spend an average of Rs 14,000 on after-school expenses. The survey said that 36 per cent parents of students in private unaided schools spend more than Rs 50,000 on school education and 3 per cent parents spend the same on supplementary education.
As a share of the total expenditure on school education, 36 per cent of parents spend less than Rs 5,000 as tuition fees in government schools, and 12 per cent have not spent at all. The survey said that 60 per cent of parents of students in government schools bear the additional education cost by spending Rs 10,000 or more on complementary education products.
Sharing his views, RCM Reddy, MD & CEO, SchoolNet said, “Access to quality education in the middle and bottom of the pyramid is an issue across India. Through our survey, we have observed that parents are willing to spend on their child’s education and improve their learning experience.”
Arindam Ghosh, Head of Strategy, SchoolNet, said, “Over the past two years, we have seen a significant increase in the demand for digital learning solutions, both in school and after school. With this survey, we are able to understand the magnitude of the lack of quality education in schools, as evidenced by the adoption and spending of after-school products.
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