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Total cost of attendance, fee literacy, and what the fine print hides.
Bengaluru parents are seeing 5-15% fee hikes as 2026-27 admissions open. The Karnataka School Parents Association (KASPA) is preparing a public interest litigation in the High Court demanding statutory fee regulation, modelled on Tamil Nadu's. Here is what is on the table, what the law in Karnataka actually says, and what parents and school admins should do this term.
Delhi's new fee regulation law applies from 2026-27. Every private school must form a School Level Fee Regulation Committee with five parent representatives. Fees for the next three-year block run through these committees, with appeals to a District Fee Appellate Committee. Here is what parents should track and when to act.
Tuition is the line you negotiate. Activity fees, exam fees, ID cards, lab kits, picnic charges, festival contributions — those add up to 40-60% of tuition in year one. A line-by-line audit.
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A caution deposit is interest-free money sitting with the school, sometimes for 12+ years. The rules around what comes back to you (and when) are buried in the admission letter — here is what to read.
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School transport is the second-largest line on most fee invoices. The structure is opaque on purpose. Three things every parent should ask before signing the transport consent form.
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The annual fee revision letter shows up in March every year, with a 7-10% increase, framed as inevitable. Some of it is. Some of it is not. Here is the legal frame and the parent options.
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