Yuan Ming Junior High School

Yuan Ming Junior High opened in 1968 as Linnei Township's designated "substitute public junior high" (代用國中) — part of a nationwide effort that established roughly 100 such schools that year to extend compulsory education into areas without full public infrastructure. Today, Yuan Ming is one of only four of these substitute public junior highs still operating anywhere in Taiwan. The school draws students from a wide catchment area reaching into Lugu, Shuili, and Xinyi, and maintains dormitory facilities to house students who travel from these more distant mountain districts.

淵明國中創立於1968年（民國57年），是林內鄉指定的「代用國中」，屬於當年全台設立約百所代用國中風潮的一部分，目的在於偏遠地區也能落實九年國民教育。如今，淵明國中是全台僅存四所代用國中之一。學校招生範圍廣及南投縣鹿谷、水里、信義等鄉鎮，並設有學生宿舍，供來自較遠山區的學生住宿使用。