Review article
Private education in the fi rst Croatian education acts
Emerik Munjiza
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
The focus of this research was existence and regulation of private education in the first autonomous Croatian education acts in 1874 and 1888. Due to continuity private education in Croatia was researched before and after enlisted acts. For the purpose, original sources were analyzed (school acts from 1871, 1874, 1888, 1929, 1945 and 1990), published documents for the history of education and reference literature. Private education in Croatia has a long tradition. The initial education by current standards was actually private education. The first Croatian autonomous education acts (1874 and 1888) regulated private education as well. They had the ambition to systemize private education (lead by possible larger difference between school and possible anarchy), tended to place under the control of the state and limit its independency, ensure teaching competencies the same way they exist in state schools. Independency limitations are seen in regulating minimal teaching curriculum, as well as in publishing textbooks and handbooks.
Under the conditions of school autonomy and political pluralism in Croatia private schools also operated. By the loss of school autonomy in the centralistic environment of both Yugoslavias private education was lost. Silent liquidation of private education started in the first Yugoslavia with the act from 1929. Private schools were finally annulled in the second Yugoslavia with the special act from 1945. The reaffirmation of private education starts in the Republic of Croatia after 1990s. It is not seen that historical experience with all advantages and disadvantages was used in the reaffirmation of private education.
Keywords
private schools; autonomous schools; school acts; history of education; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
334617
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2007.
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