sekola dosa (English: “‘sin school’ (for volksschool / sekola desa)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Acehnese wordplay renaming ‘sekola desa’ (village school, i.e., volksschool) as ‘sekola dosa’ (‘sin school’).
Translation
‘sin school’ (for volksschool / sekola desa)
Description
Acehnese wordplay renaming ‘sekola desa’ (village school, i.e., volksschool) as ‘sekola dosa’ (‘sin school’). Originated in the actie-tijd, indicating low appreciation of Western education at the time.
Significance
The term sekola dosa is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 106.