India, April 2 -- A LinkedIn post by a Gurugram-based founder has triggered a discussion around the rising cost of education in urban India, after she revealed the fee structure for her child's nursery admission.

Pooja Setia, founder of The People Studio, shared that she is expected to pay Rs.1,24,780 per quarter for the 2026-27 academic session. The fees, spread across three quarters from July to March, amount to nearly Rs.3.7 lakh annually - a figure that quickly caught attention online.

"This screenshot is NOT a joke! It is the quarterly fee structure of my kiddo, who is starting nursery this year," Setia wrote. She added, humorously, that she was considering homeschooling and investing the same amount into a SIP instead. "At least t...