Reports & Papers
December 29, 2025
Low-fee private schools (LFPS) in Andhra Pradesh provide affordable education to children from lower- and lower-middle-income households. Charging modest monthly fees (₹400–₹3,500), these schools make English-medium and nationally affiliated education accessible to families who cannot afford high-end private schools. Over […]
December 29, 2025
Low-fee private schools (LFPS) in Kerala provide an affordable alternative to government schools, serving predominantly lower- and lower-middle-income families. Monthly fees range from ₹400 to ₹3,500, making these schools accessible to daily wage-earning households. Over the past two decades, LFPS […]
December 29, 2025
Private participation in school education has grown steadily in Karnataka over the past decade, with Low-Fee Private Schools (LFPS) forming the backbone of this expansion. These unaided institutions serve low- and lower-middle-income households, typically charging ₹400–₹3,500 per month or operating […]
December 29, 2025
Telangana’s education landscape has seen rapid growth, with the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) rising from 21.5% in 1961 to nearly 95.7% in 2024. While government schools dominate in number, private unaided schools educate 64.7% of students, and 75–80% of these […]
December 29, 2025
Tamil Nadu’s education system has made significant progress toward universal access, driven in large part by the expansion of private schools. Nearly half of the state’s students (48%) now attend private unaided institutions, the majority of which are Low-Fee Private […]
May 9, 2016
By Dr D Dhanuraj[1] Dr Lekshmi R Nair[2] School-level education in Kerala has for long been considered as a benchmark for the rest of the country. At the same time, despite being championed as a State with a high literacy […]
September 11, 2014
** Allotment of new batches to the high schools to upgrade them to higher secondary schools is the latest controversy surrounding the education sector in Kerala. Since its beginning since early 90s, higher secondary sector courted controversy in regular intervals. […]
May 13, 2014
The fact that achievements of Kerala state in education and health sectors are comparable with the developed countries is widely known. The recognition for the value and the role of education in social development came as early as in […]