Viscount Dibison's eyes widened instantly: "600 francs?! Your Highness, isn't... isn't that a bit too high..."
You know, at present, the best private tutors in Paris charge about five to six hundred francs per year. If it's a female tutor, it's as low as 180 francs a year.
And that's for one-on-one instruction.
Meanwhile, private noble schools generally charge between 90 and 150 francs per year. But the Crown Prince is quoting four times the tuition!
Joseph gestured for the principal to get into the carriage, and smiled: "Since the nobles value their dignity, they're not going to care about price. In fact, the higher the fee, the more it shows off their status."
He knew full well that squeezing noble children and commoner kids together in one classroom was never realistic; the nobles would only feel embarrassed.
So, it's better to let the nobles pay to buy a sense of privilege, and then use that money to subsidize the free primary schools.
