| Estimating the cost of education is the aim of this study on capital costs of the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (Calcutta). The institute is a well established centre that offers a range of courses in public health. Its capital training costs, which include monies for buildings, equipment, salaries, depreciation, maintenance, etc., have been calculated, although the variety of courses offered and the difficulty of separating the teaching, research, and field service components have complicated calculations. The results indicate that a postgraduate diploma course in any public health discipline extending over an academic year costs about 20000-25 000 rupees. |