By Bhaswati Sengupta,Mohit.bisht,News18

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School Education In India: The recently released Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS) on Education, 2025, carried out as part of the 80th round of the National Sample Survey (NSS) revealed that the government school remain the backbone of school education in India, accounting for 55.9 per cent of total student enrolment. Meanwhile, funding for school education mainly comes from family sources, with 95 per cent of students reporting the household members as primary financers. Only 1.2 per cent cited government scholarships as their main source of support.
The Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS) covered 52,085 households and 57,742 students, highlighting trends in household expenditure on school education between April and June 2025. (Image: Canva)
In terms of average annual expenditure per student on school education by state or union territories, cities in Haryana spends Rs 37, 148 per student, while parents in Delhi spends Rs 20,411. (Image: Canva)
In Uttar Pradesh, the average expenditure is Rs 19,795, Himachal Pradesh records Rs 39,550, and Chandigarh leads at Rs 49,711 per students. (Image: Canva)
Among the southern states, the average annual expenditure per student is Rs 26,078 in Andhra Pradesh, Rs 28,951 in Tamil Nadu, Rs 30,848 in Telangana, and Rs 33,962 in Karnataka. (Image: Canva)
The survey further reveals that rural areas have higher reliance on government schools, with 66 per cent of students enrolled, compared to 30.1 per cent in urban areas. Private unaided schools accounted for 31.9 per cent of total enrolments nationwide. (Image: Canva)
Additionally, only 26.7 per cent of students in government schools reported paying course fees, compared with 95.7 per cent in non-government schools. In urban private unaided schools, the share rises to 98 per cent, whereas rural government schools see only 25.3 per cent of students paying fees. (Image: Canva)
The household expenditure per student varies sharply between government and non-government schools. As per the survey, families spend an average of Rs 2,863 per student in government schools, while spending rises to Rs 25,002 annually in non-government schools. (Image: Canva)
Across all schools, course fees constitute the largest expense, averaging Rs 7,111 per student nationwide, followed by textbooks and stationary at Rs 2,002. Urban households spend significantly more, with course fees averaging Rs 15,143, compared to Rs 3,979 in rural areas. (Image: Canva)