Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium

The IX Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" (Serbian: Deveta gimnazija "Mihailo Petrović-Alas; Девета гимназија "Михајло Петровић-Алас") is a gymnasium located in New Belgrade, Serbia, established in 1961, and named after the Serbian mathematician Mihailo Petrović-Alas.

Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium
IX Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas",
Location
Information
TypeGymnasium
Established1961 (1961)
Websitewww.devetagimnazija.edu.rs

Public reputation

The school has a reputation of being very academically demanding, with high entry standards: for example, in 2005, an applicant needed a score of at least 96 out of 100 points on the Serbian High school examination to enroll in the school, the highest score of any high school in Belgrade that year.[1]

The school has earned an excellent reputation over many decades and has been called a philosophical school since Đinđić's schooldays because of its liberal-humanistic atmosphere.[2]

Notable alumni

Trivia

The legend passed from generation to generation of incoming students is that the school building served as a women's prison before being converted to a school. The legend was perpetuated by graffiti on the school building, saying "Stavite nam turpiju u lebac!" ("Put a file in our bread!"), as well as the fact that some buildings' ground-floor windows have bars. (it's obviously not true, the building was used as an elementary school when it was built)

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See also

References

  1. About, Glas javnosti
  2. About, Serbian-Jewish Choral Society, retrieved 2018-11-22.
  3. Article on his schooldays, Blic, PressReader, retrieved 2018-11-22.

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