Education in Ancient India c7.s7.t2.3

c7.s7.t2.3

Number of Teachers: For the Ṛigveda and Black Yajurveda, there were three teachers each, for the Mīmānsā two, and for the rest of the subjects one each. There were 16 teachers for 340 students, and so the average number of students per teacher was about 22. Students therefore must have received personal attention and instructions. Big classes like those existing in modern colleges were unknown.