New Delhi, April 5 -- India's schools over the last three years have nearly doubled their fees in some cases, a new report said on Friday.

According to a report by LocalCircles, 8 per cent parents surveyed across India have said that the schools where their children study have shot their fees up by over 80 per cent, highlighting the increasing cost of education in the country.

The report claims that parents are now concerned how they are going to cope with the "burden of further hike in fees across all classes in most private schools."

The LocalCircles survey received over 31,000 responses from parents of school going children located in 309 districts of India.

The survey asked parents/ guardians of school going children, "How much ha...