Rs 21,000 per month for teaching ABCD! Hyderabad nursery school fee sparks outrage online

Private school fees in India are reaching staggering levels with each passing year. A recent post by an X (formerly Twitter) user has gone viral after revealing the exorbitant fee structure of a Hyderabad-based school for nursery admissions.

Anuradha Tiwari, founder of the Dharma Party of India, shared the details, claiming the school is charging a whopping Rs 2.51 lakh for nursery admission. She wrote, “Now, learning ABCD will cost you Rs 21,000 per month. What are these schools even teaching to justify such a ridiculously high fee?”

The post has triggered a heated debate online, with some users expressing shock and others defending the pricing.



One user compared it to even higher fees in Bengaluru, commenting: “In certain schools in Bengaluru, nursery fees start from Rs 10 lakh, and Class 11 and 12 can cost Rs 27–35 lakh per year. It’s not about the academics—it’s about the address and the network. If you can’t afford it, send your kids to government schools. Let the market decide. If people are willing to pay, who is the government to interfere?”

Another added: “If you can’t afford the fees, don’t send your child there—simple. At Dhirubhai Ambani International School, annual kindergarten tuition is around Rs 14 lakh.”

Several users justified the high fees by pointing to the challenges involved in starting and maintaining a private school. One noted: “To start a school in India, you need to register a society/trust/company, obtain essentiality and recognition certificates, affiliation, multiple building and safety clearances, and more. The costs involved are astronomical. Do the math.”

Others offered a sociological perspective, arguing that such elite schools are intentionally designed to cater to the ultra-wealthy.

“These are schools where the elites send their children to isolate them from the rest of India. That’s the premium parents pay to raise their kids in an elite bubble—just like private schools in the U.S. or U.K. India has long had such institutions—like Doon School or elite convents in Darjeeling.”