EDUCATION SYSTEM IN BOSNIA AND

HERZEGOVINAAIDA HUSEINOVIĆ

IZUDINA ZUKORLIĆ

Education has a long and rich tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina

He was born in , Greece, to a Bosniak father (converted Christian) and a Turkish mother, who was the daughter of the Sultan.

Thus, Gazi Husrev-Beg was Sultan Beyazid II's grandson.

He was a brilliant strategist and politician

Gazi Husrev-beg

The first higher-education institution - a school of Sufi philosophy by Gazi Husrev-beg in 1537, with numerous other religious schools following suit over time.

Gazi Husrev-beg's library was also established.

It is, now, called Gazi Husrev-begova medresa, and 2007 it celebrated 470 years of its work.

The first schools in B&H during the Ottoman period – Muslim schools.

There were also Roman Christian schools during this period. They were in monasteries.

Orthodox Christian schools are not mentioned until 19th century.

A SCHOOL OF SUFI PHILOSOPHY BY GAZI HUSREV-BEG

In 1887, under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a Sharia Law School began a five-year program. (Faculty program),

The first scientific library was established. (350 years after Islamic school and library).

In the 1940s the University of Sarajevo became the city's first secular higher education institute.

In the 1950s post-bachelaurate graduate degrees became available

THE FIRST HIGHER-EDUCATION INSTITUTION

Primary education Primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina

is compulsory and free for all children from ages 6 through 14 and lasts for nine years.

Secondary education Secondary education in Bosnia and

Herzegovina is as well free. General and technical secondary schools,

where studies last for three or four years. Most children in Bosnia start school when

they are six or seven years old and finish high school when they are eighteen or nineteen.

TERTIARY EDUCATION

Bosnia Herzegovina's higher education system comprises eight universities: Sarajevo, Tuzla, Banja Luka, two universities in Mostar, East Sarajevo, Bihać and Zenica with some 90 faculties, and art academies.

University degrees are acquired at the faculties and arts academies.

There are 22 private higher education institutions and the law on higher education (passed in July 2007) treats private and public higher education institutions equally.

PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Under the new law, university education is organized according to the system of transferable points and has three levels:

The undergraduate courses typically last for three to four , students are awarded the title of Bachelor of Arts or Science.

Postgraduate courses, which last for two years, and award the degree of Master of Art or Science.

PhD courses can be taken after completing a postgraduate university course. They typically last three years, and the academic title of Doctor of Science or Doctor of Arts is awarded upon completion.

The university can also offer postgraduate specialist courses which last for one to two years, by which one can acquire the title of a specialist in a certain specialist field such as medicine.

Usual grading system in primary and secondary schools1: Unsatisfactory; 2: Satisfactory; 3: Good; 4: Very good; 5: Excellent.

Highest on scale: 5Pass/fail level: 2Lowest on scale: 1Main grading system generally used by higher education institutions

Highest on scale: 10Pass/fail level: 6Lowest on scale: 5

GRADING SYSTEM

education system for all inhabitants, whether Serb, Croat or Bosniac

language of instruction was Serbo-Croat Cyrillic and the Latin alphabets were taught inhabitants of the Republic of Bosnia-

Herzegovina spoke a form of Serbo-Croat

Development of Education

There are some discriminations that are made in schools regarding ethnic segregation. Students when are about to enroll themselves into schools they are told that they are free to select any language they like ( Serbian, Bosnian or Croatian ), but actually that is not true.

Segregation

Two schools under one roof refers to the schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the ethnic segregation of children. Children from two ethnic groups, Croats and Bosnians, attend classes in the same building, but physically separated from each other and taught separate curriculums. Children from one ethnic group enter the school through one door, while children from other ethnic group through another. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina there are currently 57 schools which operate in this way.