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This ascent is not cosmetic. It is structural. English-language education, initially introduced as an imperial tool,became the foundation of a transnational Indian professional class. It offered entry into the world's most competitive universities, laboratories and entrepreneurial ecosystems. A generation of Indian engineers, scientists, lawyers and founders used that foothold to build companies, patents, platforms and possibilities.

The result is visible in every major innovation corridor: Indian entrepreneurs launching unicorns. Indian VCs shaping capital flows. Indian technologists driving breakthroughs in AI, bio-tech, fintech and clean energy.

- Arnie Guha, The Economic Times, (11/12)

NSS 80th Round April-June 2025: The survey reveals that for fees per academic year in government schools, rural fees range from ₹823 (pre-primary) to ₹7,308 (higher secondary), while urban fees range from ₹1,630 (pre-primary) to ₹7,704 (higher secondary). In private schools, rural fees start at ₹17,988 (pre-primary) and go up to ₹33,567 (higher secondary), while urban fees range from ₹26,188 (pre-primary) to ₹49,075 (higher secondary).

When these figures are converted into monthly terms, the financial burden of private schooling becomes even more apparent.

- Vachaspati Shukla & Santosh Kumar Dash, The Hindu, (12/12)