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Kartini Schools, named for the
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advocate Raden Ajeng Kartini (Lady Kartini), were opened to educate indigenous girls in the Dutch East Indies in the wake of the
Dutch Ethical Policy The Dutch Ethical Policy ( nl, Ethische Politiek) was the official policy of the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) during the four decades from 1901 until the Japanese occupation of 1942. In 1901, the Dutch ...
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About

The first Kartini School was opened in
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in 1907. It was supported by Governor General Abendanon and
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. Additional Kartini Schools were opened in Malang,
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. The schools served indigenous students who had already received a primary education.Introduction
Letters of a Javanese Princess by Kartini (Raden Adjeng) Efforts to create opportunities for upper-class Javanese women struggled against opposition from Conservative Dutch officials and the Javanese regent class (
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s). The Dutch language boarding schools were staffed by women.Women in the Netherlands East Indies. Part 2
The Kartini-schools for Girls: The Archive of the Kartini Fund, 1912-1960, National Archives of the Netherlands, The Hague


Curriculum

The curriculum included:Women in the Netherlands East Indies. Part 2: The Kartini-schools for Girls
The Archive of the Kartini Fund, 1912-1960 National Archives of the Netherlands, The Hague * Continuing Dutch language instruction * Javanese language and literature * geography and history * drawing and aesthetics * home economics and gardening * arithmetic and simple bookkeeping * practical and fine needlework * principles of hygiene and first aid * principles of education * singing and principles of musical theory


See also

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Dutch Ethical Policy The Dutch Ethical Policy ( nl, Ethische Politiek) was the official policy of the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) during the four decades from 1901 until the Japanese occupation of 1942. In 1901, the Dutch ...


References

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