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Parents in Bengaluru face financial stress as private schools increase by 10–15% annually, reaching some 30%.
In Bangalore, parents are traveling 10–15% annually for hiking private schools. (Representative/file photo)
Parents in Bengaluru have complained about how every year private schools have paid them in excessive quantity in a few years due to increasing fees every year. The city’s private schools have regularly increased the fees of 10–15 percent, due to which many parents have called the burden due to this, and in some cases, the hike increases by 30 percent.
A mother of two, Shalini, has said that a regular increase of 10,000 every year has created a burden for her family, as in the case of having 2 children, the family is forced to stand up. She mentions that just 2 years ago, she paid 42-44,000 fees for each ofher children, but is paying 64-68 thousand over a period of just 2 years.
Meena, another parents also complain how the fees of both her children increase by 10,000 every year, while they also have to bear the additional burden of increase in the prices of text books. Transport and uniform.
Chidanand, general secretary of ‘Voice of Parents’, has questioned how this type of fare hike was appropriate every year, when parents’ salary increased by 2-3 every year. He has also said that most schools demand the first installment of well paid fees before the beginning of the academic year in May or June and the fee structure is never updated by most schools.
The Association of Primary and Secondary Schools of Karnataka Secretary D Shashi Kumar has said that hike is justified as operating costs increase each year, including the salary of teachers. Shashi Kumar has said that a certain growth was unavoidable, but the parents have urged that if the hike exceeds 30-40 percent, then file a complaint.
Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa has said that while the government cannot do much to curb the hike by private schools, he would make a request to avoid rigorous hikes. He considered government schools as an alternative by parents, saying how many leaders and eminent people have also studied in government establishments. However, Council Lop Chalvadi Narayanaswamy blamed the government for the increase in standing by private schools, saying that they were being supported by the government for their interests.
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