Cost of education in Delhi has tripled in 7 years, shows recent NSSO survey

With the rising cost in India’s metropolis it’s no wonder that along with the cost of living, day-to day activities are also becoming more expensive. What is most shocking, however, is that the cost of education in the capital has increased triple fold in just seven years. [caption id=“attachment_2319816” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AFP[/caption] The National Sample Survey Office survey held across India shows the annual cost for educating a child in 2014 was Rs 6,788 for general education, Rs 62,841 for technical or professional programmes and Rs 27,676 for vocational training which is a big leap from the 2007-08 numbers of Rs 2,461, Rs 32,112 and Rs 14,881, respectively and government and private schools shot up from Rs 6,149 to Rs 19,941. The Hindustan Times, collated the data from the survey and found that “amid rising fees charged by private schools and colleges, education spends nearly trebled over the period in Delhi and doubled nationally.” But this increasing trend in school fees has been going on for a few years. In 2013 the Times of India reported that the fees for Kendriya Vidyalaya students increased three-fold from Rs 4,500 to Rs 12,000 annually. Referring to the NSSO survey,  The Indian Express reported that, the researchers estimate that the “accounting cost” per student in “a government school in the median state in 2011/12 was Rs 14,615, while the median child in a private school cost Rs 5,961. Thus, according to the results of the study, in the typical Indian state, educating a student in a government school costs more than twice as much as in a private school -— a gap of Rs 7,906.”