Review article
https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.49.1.2
THE BEGINNINGS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE MILITARY FRONTIER - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ILLYRIAN DEPUTATION FOR THE LITTLE ILLYRIAN SCHOOLS FROM THE YEAR 1776
Mirko Raguž
Abstract
Until the middle of the 18th century, little was known about education in Croatia, especially in the Military Frontier. Before that time, the existing schools were in the hands of the Church or the Croatian nobility. A small number of students attended such schools, and this was only if they were preparing to become priests or for some occupations of interest to the ruling classes of society. A turning point in the development of education in the Austrian Empire in general, including that in Croatia, was the Felbiger Reform (1774), after which school buildings began to be built, schools were opened, teachers were adequately educated, new school textbooks were written and a more favourable status for teachers was created. Also included in all these educational innovations was that part of Croatia that we historically call the Military Frontier, although after a slight lag. In the beginning, there were difficulties, a lack of knowledge and the non-acceptance of any proposals about children going to school, however, with the inclusion of prominent better-educated individuals of the Orthodox faith, school conditions gradually changed in the Military Frontier as well. The first written Law for small Serbian schools was also adopted, which, with minor modifications and a certain resistance, was eventually accepted to some extent in all parts of the Military Frontier.
Keywords
public education; students; constitution; laws; Military Frontier
Hrčak ID:
286526
URI
Publication date:
12.12.2022.
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