The closing of the state, self-governing establishment and reopening of the National grammar school in Kosovska Mitrovica during 1932 and 1933
The Opening of the grammar school in Kosovska Mitrovica has been in the plan since the war time in 1915. In September of the same year, after two requests to the Ministry of Education and to the ecclesiastical authorities of the Kingdom of Serbia, the long-standing desire of the residents of Kosovsk...
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Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić
2016-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0353-9008/2016/0353-90081641157A.pdf |
| Summary: | The Opening of the grammar school in Kosovska Mitrovica has been in the plan since the war time in 1915. In September of the same year, after two requests to the Ministry of Education and to the ecclesiastical authorities of the Kingdom of Serbia, the long-standing desire of the residents of Kosovska Mitrovica was finally achieved, by an official command of the crown prince, Alexander Karađorđević I, which authorized the opening of incomplete quadrennial grammar school. However, the joy of people from Mitrovica was short lived. Not nearly a month after bringing the command of opening the grammar school, it was followed by a German, Austro-Hungarian and a Bulgarian offensive on the Kingdom of Serbia. The winds of war had dissolved the high hopes of people of Mitrovica about getting their first high school institution. Four years later, after the ending of the First World War and other misfortunes, the grammar school in Kosovska Mitrovica was finally opened, for its first director was appointed Avram N. Popovic, a renowned cultural and national worker. The grammar school was slowly, but certainly, developing and became one of the most prominent city institutions. A new school building was bought, the number of pupils was increasing, and the teachers and the pupils ran cultural manifestations and humanitarian actions, promoting the sport and a healthy lifestyle and helping poor pupils and fellow citizens. Just in time when the grammar school of Kosovska Mitrovica was having its huge momentum, out of the blue, there was a decision of the Ministerial Council of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on its abolition. This happened in June of 1932. Violent reactions of teachers, students, parents and prominent citizens, and demonstrations were held on this occasion. They forced the government authorities to somewhat mitigate its decision by opening the Self-governing Grammar School. This, however, had not completely satisfied residents of Mitrovica, which lodged different petitions, letters, delegations and informal pressure at the end, and brought about restoration of the State Grammar School in his town in September next year. So, the grammar school in Kosovska Mitrovica stepped into his new epoch, which would last until the beginning of World War II. |
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| ISSN: | 0353-9008 2683-5797 |