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150There are eleven junior high schools a mong theKukis.Four of these are privately run schools, one ischurch-owned, and the other six are government schools. Thefive private junior high schools will employ up to <strong>for</strong>tyfiveteaching and ten non-teaching staff members.about a thousand students in these five schools.There areThe monthlyexpenditure on these schools is a bout 25,000 rupees($2,500).There are fifteen high schools a mong the Kukipeople.Only three are connected with the <strong>Christian</strong>s andhave devotions and Bible classes during the school day.is under the supervision of the local Kuki <strong>Christian</strong>s.OneTheother twelve schools are government run high schools, withno specifically <strong>Christian</strong> content in the curriculum.Thereare 2,500 students in the three church-related high schoolswith about 45 teachers and six other ad ministrative people.The monthly expenditure is about 35,000 rupees ($3,000).The <strong>Christian</strong> schools are supported by the tuitionfees of the students and also by voluntary donations fromthe Kuki Churches.The tuition fees range fro m 15 - 40 rupees($1.50-4.00) per month per student.Most of the private and church owned schools havedaily devotions in addition to regular Bible classes.The quality of education in these private schools isgenerally better than that in the government schools.There<strong>for</strong>e, parents send their children to these schools inspite of the high cost of their tuition.By contrast, some

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