volksschooltje (English: “village school”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Small village school in the towns along the road.
Translation
village school
Description
Small village school in the towns along the road. School buildings smell ‘onfrissche luchtjes’ (unfresh smells) - hygiene is something the Atjehner still needs to be taught. Hygiene education will only show visible results in a next generation.
Significance
The term volksschooltje 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. 64, 66.