Parents in India spend around Rs 20,000 a year on education in government schools. Whereas parents of students in private unaided schools spend more than double the average of Rs 47,000 annually. These expenses include- school fees, transportation and other expenses such as infrastructure and classroom facilities, a survey by edtech company SchoolNet India Ltd revealed.
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
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The survey titled ‘Understanding Indian School Education Spends Landscape’ was conducted in collaboration with PGA Labs on overall spending on a child’s schooling and education among private and government schools in India. 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.
In addition, about 56 per cent of households with children in government schools spend less than Rs 15,000 annually on school expenses. They spend an average of Rs 14,000 on after-school expenses. This includes personal tutors, tutoring classes, coaching for competitive exams and much more.
In private unaided schools, parents of 36 per cent students spend more than Rs 50,000 on school education and 3 per cent of parents spend the same on supplementary education.
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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. 60 percent of parents of students in government schools bear these additional education costs by spending Rs 10,000 or more on complementary education products.
“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, evidenced by increased adoption and spending of after-school products,” said Arindam Ghosh, Head of Strategy, SchoolNet.
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