U SLUŽBI IDEJE „NARODNOG I DRŽAVNOG JEDINSTVA“: ŠKOLSTVO U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI OD 1918. DO 1929. GODINE // IN THE SERVICE OF THE IDEA OF "NATIONAL AND STATE UNITY": SCHOOL IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FROM 1918 TO 1929.

• Main Author: Sead Selimović
• Format: Article
• Language: Bosnian
• Published: Center for Research of Modern and Contemporary History Tuzla 2019-10-01
• Series: Historijski pogledi
• Subjects: education; bosnia and herzegovina; kingdom of serbs croats and slovenes; provincial government for bosnia and herzegovina; provincial administration; provisional government; idea of national and state unity; curricula and teachers; teachers; textbooks
• Online Access: http://pogledi.cimoshis.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/10.-Sead-Sin-the-service-of-the-idea-of-national-and-state-unity-school-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-from-1918-to-1929-Content-File-PDF.pdf

The school system represents one of the most important segments for each state and society. For this reason, and for a number of other reasons, the authorities are trying to put schools under their control. Through the education of Bosnia and Herzegovina, political, economic, cultural, national and other goals of the ruling political elites were achieved. The curricula removed contents whose educational goals were in line with the interests of the Austro-Hungarian regime. The ruling elite was spreading the idea of a "three-nation nation", seeking to create a unique political, economic, educational and cultural space. Schools were given the task of developing the idea of a common fold and the idea of '' national and national unity ''. The idea, in the view of the ruling elite, could have been realized by schools, not by the army and officials. Teachers who had to respond to the '' spirit of the times '', as well as curricula and textbooks, played an important role in achieving the goals. Significant changes were made in the group of national subjects (history, geography, Serbian or Croatian language), with an emphasis on the history and geography of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and works on Serbian, Croatian or Slovenian literature were prescribed for the school textbook. Most of the textbooks were written by authors from Croatia and Serbia, while only a small number were from Bosnia and Herzegovina.