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68among their own people.Pettigrew was able to start somemore lower primary schools in different villages to which heappointed his own students as teachers.These students hadcompleted the upper primary school courses and had becomeChristians through receiving baptism by im mersion.At the request of the chief of Senvon, the biggestvillag e 0 f the Kukis in Southern Manipur, Watkin Robertscame to Senvon in 1909.The next year he sent some of hisstudents to start a primary school in Senvon. These studentshad come from Aiza wI in Mizo Ram where a mission hadalready started in 1891.The school at Senvon village grewrapidly in strength, and evangelistic efforts through theschool was so successful that by 1913 about two hundredChristian members formed a Christian church at Senvon. In1922, the mission headquarters moved from Senvon to Tinsuang.Because of internal conflict, the Indo Burma PioneerMission divided into two different groups at this time.Onegroup continued to be known as the "Indo BurmaPioneerMission" and the other became the II North East India GeneralMission."Both missions advocated the expansion of the Christianfaith through the schools.Today, every major Christianvillage has schools, ranging from Lower Primary Schoolto Middle English Schools, sponsored by one of these tw 0churches or mission groups.Both churches have High EnglishSchools at their headquarters.(I am obliged to deal withthe m in a limited way as they are outside of my project