Review article
Vocational Schools in Croatia in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Sanja Nekić
; Hrvatski školski muzej, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In the middle ages vocational training of craftsmen and tradesmen in Croatian territories was subject to strict guild rules. In the 18th century apprentices of all crafts attended compulsory drawing schools, while the first trade schools founded in that period were called gremial trade schools. In 1886 The Founding Statute for Apprentice Schools in Croatia and Slavonia was adopted by which apprentice schools were formed to offer basic vocational training. The Government of the Land stimulated the opening of trade schools and diverse courses, while upper level vocational programs were offered at newly opened commercial, trade and nautical vocational schools. Female students attended vocational schools for girls. The established school system, with minor changes, was in place until 1926 when ministries took charge of vocational schools. In 1952 all vocational schools fell under the authority of the Ministry of Education. In the mid-1970s reforms took place in Croatia’s secondary education when two-year preparatory and vocational degree programs were established. In 1982 the Occupationally Oriented Education Act was proclaimed introducing professional orientation from the first year of secondary education. In the independent Republic of Croatia in 1992 the Secondary Education Act was enacted, which divided vocational schools into technical, industrial and trade schools. In 2009 the Vocational Education Act set forth new vocational programmes: one and two-year programme (initial vocational education), three-year programme (for trade and industry jobs) and four-year technical and similar programmes.
Keywords
vocational schools; history of the state education system; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
334465
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2012.
Visits: 1.143 *