Gymnasium Vukovar

Gymnasium Vukovar (Serbo-Croatian: Gimnazija Vukovar/Гимназија Вуковар) is a secondary school (gymnasium) in Vukovar in eastern Croatia. Gymnasium Vukovar curriculum is divided into three specializations with the first one being general social science, the second one science and the third one languages. Classes are held separately in Croatian and Serbian language, both of which are standardized varieties of Serbo-Croatian. In the school year 2007/2008, 384 students were enrolled. Of these, there were 248 female and 136 male students.

Gymnasium Vukovar

Gimnazija Vukovar

Гимназија Вуковар
Location
Šamac 2
32000 Vukovar

Vukovar

Croatia
Information
TypePublic
Established1891
Enrolment384 (2014-2015 school year)
LanguageCroatian and Serbian
CampusUrban
Websitegimnazija-vukovar.skole.hr

History

The gymnasium was opened in 1891 at the Kod zvijezde facility. 44 male pupils enrolled at that time, and the first principal of the new school was Joseph Vitanović. In 1894 school moved to specifically constructed premises for it which costed 35,500 Forints at that time. In 1895, female pupils were enrolled for the first time, and partial state funding began, culminating in full state funding in 1912, when the school was attended by 240 pupils.[1]

Separate Croatian and Serbian classes controversy

Since 1999 and the end of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium students studying in Croatian and Serbian were taught in separate classrooms.[2] Some have seen that fact as implementation of segregation policies, fact on which paradoxically insisted some Croat nationalist groups.[3] This claim was chalanged by minority representatives who underline that parents themselves can choose in which language group to enroll their child.[4] They insist that therefore one cannot talk about segregation from the point of view of international law as this situation is clarified in the Convention against Discrimination in Education. They point to Article 2, paragraph B, explicitly stating that minority groups are entitled to conduct specific forms of education which shall not be perceived as segregation.[5]

References
  1. Horvat, Vlatko (1992). "Povijest gradnje". From Gimnazija u Vukovaru – 100 godina. Gymnasium Vukovar. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. "Seminar on "Education for Democratic Citizenship" - Croatian Site of Citizenship, Zagreb, 19-20 November 1999 - Presentation of the different schools" (pdf). Project "Education for Democratic Citizenship". Council for Cultural Co-operation (CDCC). 17 January 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  3. http://malitisak.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=524:hsp-ne-ali-tadia-u-vukovaru&catid=89:multikulturalizam&Itemid=59
  4. Jasić, Mirna (22 November 2017). "Model A daje rezultate". Novosti (Croatia). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/DISCRI_E.PDF

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