Review article
Primary and Secondary Education on the Occupied Territory of the Republic of Croatia 1991-1995
Domagoj Štefančić
; Hrvatski memorijalno-dokumentacijski centar Domovinskog rata, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In 1991, a grammar and secondary school system was organized in the occupied parts of the Republic of Croatia within the so-called “Republic of Serbian Krajina” with the aim to establish the school system out of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Croatia. To this end, the Ministry of Education of “the Republic of Serbian Krajina” was constituted, which organized departments, issued instructions and intermediated between schools, municipalities and the Government of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. The working conditions in schools were characterized by a lack of school equipment, textbooks, heating and transport, a poor condition of many school buildings, and a shortage of teaching staff. The war operations and the close proximity of the battlefield caused interruptions in teaching activities and teachers were drafted to military units. Migrations of students and teachers within the Republic of Serbian Krajina and beyond (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro) affected the schedule and the number of classes. The information presented and the reconstructed pictures of schooling activities demonstrate a failure to develop and maintain an effective school system, which was reflected in the overall situation within the Republic of Serbian Krajina and was one of the factors of its instability.
Keywords
history of schooling; Homeland War; Republic of Serbian Krajina; 1991-1995
Hrčak ID:
176989
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2016.
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