Editing Modekngei (section)

==Belau Modekngei School==
Ibobang is the home of Belau Modekngei School (BMS),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!218545!0 |title=Building the Belau Modekngei School, 1974 &#91;supplied&#93; 80.2.2 1974 |access-date=2010-07-19 |archive-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226204929/http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!218545!0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a boarding school for high school students situated at the far end of the village. In 1974, a handful of Modekngei elders realized their desire to pass on the ancient traditions of the Modekngei religion to future generations.

Today, between 25 and 30 students from the 9th to 12th grade are enrolled at BMS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Belau Modekngei School Class of - School|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Belau-Modekngei-School-Class-of/122304404467760|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> Students and faculty have the option of living on campus in traditional dormitory-style housing with no [[electricity]] or [[Tap water|running water]], or in the surrounding villages of [[Ngatpang]]. Slightly more than half the students live on campus.

The student body at BMS is diverse. Some of the students attend because they come from families who value a traditional education. Other students enroll at BMS as a last resort. As one of very few private high schools on [[Palau]], BMS has the option of accepting students who have been expelled from the island's only public high school.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-05-17|title=Palau High School|url=http://www.palaumoe.net/phs/html/home.htm|access-date=2021-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517090702/http://www.palaumoe.net/phs/html/home.htm|archive-date=2007-05-17}}</ref>

Students at BMS study core academic subjects such as English, Math and Palauan, but they also take Modekngei religious classes, have the opportunity to farm ancient medicinal crops, and practice traditional customs with the wider village.

Belau Modekngei's primary goal is to preserve Modekngei religion for future generations of Palauans.