Original scientific paper
Caracteristics of the Primary Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina During the Temporary State Arrangement (1918-1921)
Sead Selimović
Abstract
Primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the responsibility of the National Government in Sarajevo which integral part was the Department of Education. Educational officers were working in counties, who according to the orders of the superior authorities collected and treated different kinds of informations connected with the education. In other to the centralization of the state the National government of Bosnia and Herzegovina abolished in 1921th, and a Provincial Government was formed. Thus, the jurisdiction obove the elementary education was in the hands of that institution below whose authority was acting "The Educational Department of the Ministry of Education for Bosnia and Herzegovina". Regardless of the constant efforst to transfer the jurisdiction over the elementary education to institutions in Belgrade, it is in thih period under the jurisdiction of Bosnian-Herzegovinian institutions with headquarters in Sarajevo.
Schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina had a lot of difficulties. In many of these classes were not performed because of agricultural activities and the Spanish flu. Except that, the elementary schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina had many other problems with: accommodation, personnel, material, etc. Schools were in great number of cases situated in private homes and other buildings unsuitable for teaching. Classrooms were too small to teach all the students in them. Usually there were no provided room where the students could leave their clothes (jackets, cloaks, etc.), a nd they were forcet do carry it with them in the classroom. It was not a rare case that the school did not have a school garden and ancillary school buildings, what made the organization and operation of schools more difficult. The inventory in the schools was in a poor condition, especially benches, ovens for heating the rooms etc. Windows and doors were very old, and the glass on them, mostly broken. Similar situation was with the teaching resources and equipment.
A major problem was a poverty of Bosnian-Herzegovinian population, especially in war-ravaged regions. So impoverished population sould not own funds to build schools, teachers flats and other dwellings.
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Publication date:
8.7.2013.
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