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148highest quality because they had to deal with many othertribal dialects.However, two things should be rememberedabout their contributions:1. They reduced the Kuki language to writing. TheKu ki.s have been given th~privilege of educatingthemselves in their own literature.They are able toread and study the Bible and other books in their ow ntongue.2. They opened the door to unlimited knowledge for theKu kis by laying the foundations of an indigenous Kukieducational system.Since the Bible is given in awritten language,people must know how to read in order to study the Scriptures.In order to be able to read, people need schools.This concern led the missionaries to begin primary r:hristianschools in northeast India in the early nineteenth century.Some of these schools near the mission and governmentadministration centers, such as Shillong and Joshat, wereupgraded to high school or college level at the beginning ofthe twentieth century.Many tribal Christians, includingseveral Kukis, were graduates of these high schools andcolleges, which maintained high academic and moral standards.Consequently, many non-Christians preferred Christianschools and colleges to the government schools andcolleges.There were three English middle schools in the missionperiod among the Kukis: at Kangpokpi and Churschandpur