 In the Punjab, Dr Leitner, the Principal of the Oriental College and Government College, Lahore, estimated that in 1854-1855 there were at least 30 thousand schools, and assuming 13 pupils per school the total number of pupils was approximately four hundred thousand, in the region.Munro's 1826 critique also covered the funding, and teacher quality in the traditional system, with a claim that due to the average teacher earning no more than 6 or 7 Rupees monthly, from fees of 4 to 8 Annas per pupil, the calibre of the teachers was wanting, before suggesting the British East India Company fund both the construction of new schools, textbooks, and offer a 9 to 15 Rupee stipend to the teachers in the new schools, to supplement their incomes derived from tuition fees, in the Madras Presidency.After the introduction of British education, the numbers of these indigenous education institutes decreased drastically.