Christian School Yimjenkimong

There are one government and one private elementary school (primary schools) and one government middle school in Yimjenkimong Village. NEIP will be working to assist the one private school in the village, Christian School Yimjenkimong.

Below are some facts about the children of the village, and educational problems. NEIP hopes to help them develop over the next couple of years.

• The school consists of 92 children in grades Kindergarten through 5th.
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• There is only up to an 8th grade level education available in the village; K through 5 in the private school, K through 6 in the government school, and 7-8 in the government middle school.
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• The private school is built with bamboo woven interior walls which rot and have to be replace every few years, corrugated tin exterior walls and roof, and dirt floors.
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• 25% of the children that attend each year do not pass to the next class level due to the parents' inability to help the children with studies and homework, or parents cannot afford to continue sending the child to school.
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• 60% of the children in the village cannot afford all the text books and supplies actually needed and required. Either the parents have to take small loans out or the children does not finish the year.
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• In 2007, only five elementary teachers were available for eight classes. They were forced to discontinue 6th grade, and send the rest of the children for only half days, to make time to teach the remaining seven classes.
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• There are currently 30 children in Yimjenkimong Village who do not go to school because the parents cannot afford to pay for their education.

NEIP hopes to address most of these issues over the next two years. We will offer economic development training to the parents who lack the income to send their children to school, connect the village with resources to find enough teachers for the school year, help fund in sending some of the children to school, and more.