Nye Jow

The Nye Jow is the collective name for the schools, established in the last 30 years, and made specifically for the lower classes in an attempt to make education more accessible. However, these efforts are proving fruitless despite the decent intentions. They are most common in cities, where swathes of young, uneducated children are turning more and more to avenues such as crime to make their way in the world.

— Clímaco Ittel

History

The Nye Jow were set up in the 1090s DEV. These first Nye Jow were set up mainly as education centres ran by women for women of decent means, especially those of Khafkii origin. With the rise of The Eitumites within Cuerero, there has been a push towards women's education as they believe it will mean fewer women partaking in 'immoral deeds', otherwise known as prostitution. Originally, these were rather expensive in their earlier days to help fund, although as class sizes increased, the price has trickled down. Gender often segregates these schools into two classes, although some (in particular Nye Jow in more remote areas, or with smaller buildings) are co-ed depending on where they are.

Architecture

These schools' architecture varies as many of them are within the homes of the (mainly) women who run them. Although, they have at least two rooms inside dedicated to education, one for each gender. They also have living quarters reserved for the mistress of the house, as well as the teachers.

Curriculum

Most Nye Jow focus on grammar (to read and write), logic (to argue), and rhetoric (to speak publicly) as they will be most useful to the average attendee as they grow older. Since most attend these schools (if they have the money) in their younger years, mainly between 8 and 12, this is what most of their curriculum is focused upon. Alongside that, arithmetic, history and Daituran faith-related studies are common. Sometimes music lessons are offered to female students, although these are a lot rarer.

Sterotypes

Students

The students are often considered as dirty, a common stereotype of the lower classes by those higher than them within the table of Ranks. While they are lower in ranks, Nye Jow schools tend to cater to those of the lower artisan and merchant class who can afford it.

School Mistresses

The teachers of these schools are primarily educated women of the same class in an era where organisations such as Streaz dli Wor and Khre Nyijebish Strenklaz would not accept them. They are also usually unmarried and childless, although that is not always true. These mistresses also skew upon the older side. And all this leads to the stereotype of spinsters and cruel, jaded women.

Controversy

There are many controversies surrounding these establishments. The main two are: their cost and their usefulness, although there are many other controversies.

Over the years, while the price has dropped exponentially, it is still higher than most can afford, especially the lower classes of which these schools were made for. Currean families are often large, and most wages could not afford it for multiple children. Some people suggest that these schools should be free, or at least only a few marks, but this often shouted down by those running the schools and their fellow teachers at other academic organisations, claiming they need to make a living.

The other is their usefulness to the lower classes, as many families survive off their children becoming a part of their business from the youngest age possible, especially for those who cannot afford to hire people in to assist them. These people tend to also gripe about their prices due to their normally dire situation.

Due to their support by The Eitumites in many cases, they often teach the faith from their view, and many of those who teach are extremely devout. This strikes a nerve with many of the classes of society they desire to teach, who feel excluded by many practices of their interpretations, manly their view on common festivals to Mzehra and Dayda as 'worshiping false idols'.

Those of the lower-middle classes, such as those who belong to 'the artisan caste', often criticise the Nye Jow's willingness to educate women as it goes again Lower Currean Courting Cultures. This has led to there being more boys within said system, especially of the higher lower classes, despite these being set up as beacons of education for both sexes.

Age Range of Pupils

7-14

Core Curiculum

Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Arthemetic, Hsitory and The Daituran faith.

Type

School

Age Range

The common age range the Nye Jow cater to is between the ages of 7-14, although sometimes Nye Jow only cater to 8-12s or to 4-17 year olds. Why is that? Standardisation is yet to become common for the Nye Jow so who they teach is often on the discretion of the school mistress. 14 is the common cut of point for these schools as girls are expected to focus more and more upon domestic skills of which will be of more use to them upon their marriage, commonly around the age of 16. 14 is also most reaosnable as it when many boys go into their family's trade, or choose to join the army in hope of bringing their familes up through the ranks with them.