By fee band
Schools under ₹50,000 a year
The open-schooling end of the market. At this price you are usually paying for structure and teaching around a NIOS or state-open-board registration rather than for a school that certifies you itself — which is a legitimate model, but check who registers your child for the board exam before you pay.
| School | Type | Curriculum | Grades | Annual fees | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Model Virtual School Delhi | Online | DBSE | 9 - 12 Class | Free / Zero Fees Government sponsored initiative by the Delhi Government. | No independent rating |
| SS International Online School Noida · India | Online | CBSE · State Board | Nursery–Grade XII | ₹2,000 – ₹16,000 / year Highly affordable structure (Nursery-8th ₹2k; 9th-10th ₹6k-₹16k) | No independent rating |
| Vikalp Online School Pan-India | Online | CBSE, NIOS | Nursery–Grade 12 | ₹28,296 – ₹59,579 / year Varies by grade. Subscription plans available for 3, 6, or 9 months | Google Reviews |
| 21K School Pan-India · 78+ countries | Online | NIOS · Pearson Edexcel · Cambridge (CAIE) | Nursery–Grade XII | ₹34,500–1,00,000 / yr Indian track ₹34,500–80,000 · British track ₹49,300–1,00,000, by grade | Highly mixed across platforms — see comparison |
| AOL School Vijayanagar, Bengaluru | Online | CBSE | Nursery to Grade 10 | From ₹38,000 / yr Application fee Rs 200. Average fee for KG-1 is ₹38,000 | Justdial 3.9/18 |
| The Class of One Noida · India & Gulf | Online | CBSE · NIOS · Cambridge (Edexcel) | Pre-Nursery–Grade XII | ₹43,660–1,01,968 / yr Edu4All track from ₹43,660; standard ₹78,712–1,01,968 by grade | Google reviews |
| Cyboard School Pan-India | Online | CBSE-aligned · NIOS · IAO | Nursery–Grade XII | ₹44,900–1,05,300 / yr All-inclusive by grade; Nursery ~₹44,900 rising to ~₹1,05,300 in Grades 11–12 | Yellow Slate 4.7/89; MouthShut & SchoolMyKids 1/5 |
| The World Ecademy Ras Al Khaimah, UAE · India, UK & Canada | Online | NIOS · BOSSE · Edexcel · Canadian OSSD | Pre-KG–Grade XII | ≈ ₹45,600–1,28,000 / yr Indicative (not officially published); ~₹3,800–10,690/month per aggregators | No independent rating |
| Dreamtime Learning School Pan-India (Mumbai-registered) · UAE | Online | NIOS · Cambridge (CAIE) · Edexcel | Pre-Nursery–Grade X | ₹48,500–1,40,000 / yr By grade; Pre-Nursery ~₹48,500 up to ~₹1,40,000 for Cambridge Grade 9–10 | Yellow Slate · 33 reviews |
Schools appear here when their published fee range overlaps this band — so a school spanning ₹40,000–₹90,000 is listed under both of the two cheapest bands. The range shown is what the school publishes; exam entry, materials and one-to-one time are frequently extra.
Priced in a foreign currency
5 schools publish fees in GBP, USD or AED. We don't convert them into these bands — a spot-rate conversion would be wrong within the week and no source supports it. Their fees are on their own profiles, in the currency the school actually charges.