Definitely they require social and worldly skills. It is not that every Veda student becomes an ascetic.

You may think the Veda students are deprived of secular education. Not at all. Their memory is so well developed that other subjects are easily grasped by them. In one year they can write their exams in English language to earn a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree. Such is their competence. There are many such students who have cleared exams in English language playfully after completing their Vedic education.

In the olden days, for instance during the days of Sandeepani, it used to be so strict that the moment the Veda student noticed that the food was not tasty he would be expelled from school and sent home. Even if he noticed that salt was missing in the food, he was expelled. This is because the moment the focus shifted from Vedic studies to palate, it was understood that the student life was now over and the boy had to get married and take up the responsibility as a householder.

(Q&A, USA, 29 Jul 2011)