in 1636, the dutch started a school for the sinckan that not only featured religious instruction, but also provided schooling in western literature. because the dutch advocated that missionary work be conducted in the native language, the school was taught in the sinckan language. the missionary robertus junius recorded in his 1643 education report that the sinckan school had enrolled 80 students, of which 24 were learning to write and 8 to 10 had solid penmanship, while in neighboring baccaluan (modern-day anding) school there were 90 students, of which 8 knew how to write.