Vervolgschool (English: “Continuation school”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Two-year course serving as 4th–5th class of volksschool, located in all larger places.
Translation
Continuation school
Description
Two-year course serving as 4th–5th class of volksschool, located in all larger places. Sabang’s vervolgschool has Nederlandsch as a subject (no Hollandsch-Inlandsche school there). Two vervolgscholen have a 6th-class landbouwklas. Koeta Radja’s vervolgschool has a handelsklas. 40 in number, ~100 teachers, ~3,200 pupils.
Significance
The term Vervolgschool 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. 311, 312.