From a temple branch school to a single modern campus.
Ren-Ai Elementary School was established in 1951 as "South Nangan District Jen'ai National Elementary School" under the Matsu Administrative Bureau. In 1953 it relocated to temple premises and became known as "Matsu National School Second Branch." The school gained independent status in 1960, then oversaw two branch schools of its own, before being renamed to its current name in 1969. Its various sites were consolidated onto a single campus in 1986, with a new teaching building completed in 2011 and a faculty dormitory added in 2018.
仁愛國民小學創校於民國40年（1951年），隸屬馬祖行政公署，初名「南竿區仁愛國民學校」。民國42年（1953年）遷至廟宇場地上課，稱為「馬祖國民學校第二分校」。民國49年（1960年）獨立設校，並轄有兩所分校，民國58年（1969年）更名為現名。民國75年（1986年）將各分散校區整併為單一校區，民國100年（2011年）完成新教學大樓，民國107年（2018年）增建教師宿舍。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🪖 Taught by Volunteer Soldiers
駐軍義務任教
In its earliest years, the school's teaching "largely relied on garrison troops providing volunteer instruction" due to inadequate facilities and a shortage of trained faculty — a direct legacy of Matsu's frontline military governance.
🛕 A Temple as Its First Real Classroom
借用廟宇上課
After its 1951 founding, the school relocated in 1953 to temple premises, becoming "Matsu National School Second Branch" before eventually gaining independent status.
🏗️ Steadily Modernized Over Decades
逐步現代化
Scattered campuses were consolidated into one site in 1986, with a new teaching building completed in 2011 and a faculty dormitory added in 2018.
Garrison soldiers as the earliest teachers.
The school's own history records that early operations "largely relied on garrison troops providing volunteer teaching" because of inadequate facilities and a shortage of qualified faculty — a direct reflection of Matsu's military frontline history and the Fujian-provincial-era administrative governance under which the school first took shape. See the Matsu county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 95, Jen'ai Village, Nangan Township, Lienchiang County (Matsu) 209, Taiwan
連江縣（馬祖）南竿鄉仁愛村95號
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