Private schools are able to exclude students from attending classes they offer unless students have been accepted and paid tuition and fees. This suggests that education is
A) subject to the principle of rival consumption.
B) subject to the free-rider problem.
C) not subject to the exclusion principle.
D) a public good.

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Education in private schools is subject to the principle of rival consumption because access to the service is limited to those who have paid for it, indicating that it can be excluded from non-payers and that its consumption by one individual prevents another from consuming it without paying.

Private Schools Are Able to Exclude Students from Attending Classes