Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c28.18

c28.18

**Fees paid not adequate to cost of Education.** It is to be noted that the fees of tuition as fixed here can hardly be considered as adequate to its expenses. The teacher was not like the proprietor of a school conducted as a commercial concern. Probably no part of the fee of 1,000 pieces he could claim as the wages of his own labour. The fees were necessary to cover the cost of the maintenance of those who paid them, of free board, lodging, and other necessaries of the students who went into residence with their teachers under a common roof.