Europeesche Lagere School

The implementation of basic education at that time was differentiated between basic education for European children and indigenous children, so there was a primary school for a European child (Lager Onderwijs en Lagere School voor Europeanen)[1] and an elementary school for native and foreign Eastern children attending the ELS.

Although special requirements were established, in 1902 the name Europeesche Lagere Scholen was used for European children's primary schools.

The subjects taught at the basic education level include reading, writing, numeracy, Dutch language, Dutch and Indies history, earth sciences, natural knowledge, singing, drawing, and sports.

Subjects given at advanced levels are French, English, general history, exact science, agricultural drawing, sports and handwork for female students.

Problems relating to educational supervision were supervised by the commission for European schools while technical issues were handled by the Dutch Indies government education director, who in the course of his supervisory assignment divides the Dutch East Indies into five school districts.