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IMPORTANCE OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL DURING THE 360 YERS OF ITS EXISTANCE
Vladimir Pletenac
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The Grammar School in Varaždin was founded by the Jesuits in 1636 with the aims of fighting against the advancing Protestantism through education. Measured by the standards of the time, it was a modern school, where tuition was in Latin, but the use of the mother tongue was by no means neglected. The teachers of this Grammar School were not only educators; they were always distinguished writers, scientists and research workers as well. They extended their activities outside the school. They were the founders of the private citizen associations and student' fraterinities, they founded the first student theatre groups and were active in many different ways in the milieu.
However, their teaching was the most important thing of all. This school has always enough students. They predominantly came from middle class families and even though they were educated to become prriests, they later also found work in the municipal and state administration. Many of them continued their education at universities all over Europe.
The nobles and the City of Varaždin supported the school and it didn't
cease to function after the abolition of the order in 1773. On the contrary, it laid the foundations for the secondary school system and it strongly influenced the development of education and culture in Varaždin and in Croatia. Many teachers and former students of the Varaždin Grammar School became well-known writers, scholars, pohticians and public figures. Their suggestions and ideas had a considerable influence on the development of the entire school system in Croatia.
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Hrčak ID:
134464
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Datum izdavanja:
5.12.1998.
Posjeta: 712 *