EDUCATION SYSTEM* BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA*A BRIEF HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAIn the middle ages schools were of religious character and were held inmosques (mekbete) and monasteriesFirst secondary schools were founded in sixteenth century:
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Muslim – Sarajevo, Gazi Husrefbegova Medresa from 1537.
Catholic – Monasteries of Kresevo, Fojnica and Kraljeva Sutjeska

Austro – Hungarian government introduces new system of education andpublic schools in 19th century
Sarajevo University was founded in 1937. but today we have Universities
Universities intowns of Mostar, Banja Luka, Tuzla and Bihac
JAZU – Yugoslav Academy of Arts And Sciences was founded in Zagreb in1866. and Bosniacs were members of it ; separate Bosnian Academy ofSciences was founded in 1966.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has two Nobel Prize winners: Ivo Andric forforliterature and Vladimir Prelog for Chemistry

STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM

PRE-HIGHER EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOL (MANDATORY)•Length of program: 8 years•Age level: from 7 to 15

SECONDARY SCHOOL•Length of program: 4 years•Age level: from 15 to 19

GENERAL HIGH-SCHOOLS – GIMNAZIJA(GRAMMAR SCHOOLS)
Types of curriculum: general, mathematics andscience, language, classical

VOCATIONAL HIGH-SCHOOLS (3 years)
TECHNICAL HIGH-SCHOOLS (4 years)

HIGHER EDUCATIONNONNON-UNIVERSITY LEVEL POSTPOST-SECONDARY STUDIES(TECHNICAL/VOCATIONAL)

Higher Schools offer twotwo-year professional and technical courses leading to the Diploma ofofHigher Education

UNIVERSITY LEVEL STUDIESFirst degree – Diploma of Higher Education: University faculties and academies offerprograms that last for two to three years in various scientific and artistic fields. It is not aterminal qualification.
Second degree – Advanced Diploma of Higher Education: courses leading to a professional
professional
title like engineer or professor last for four to six years in which
which students specialize
Third degree – Magistar: requires two years of further study and defense of a thesis
Fourth degree – Doctorate: The Doctorate (PhD) is the highest scientific degree.
degree. It is theresult of independent research. Public defense of a doctoral thesis
thesis is required for this degree.

EDUCATION IN NUMBERSPRIMARY SCHOOLSNUMBER OF SCHOOLS: 586 main schools, 688 field schools
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 370 329
 NUMBER OF TEACHERS: 21 935
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SECONDARY SCHOOLSNUMBER OF SCHOOLS: 290
 NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 165 144
 NUMBER OF TEACHERS: 11 095
MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS EDUCATION IN
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAMATHEMATICS EDUCATION is mandatory both in primary andsecondary schools
4-5 lectures per week in primary schools
2-5 lectures per week in secondary schools, depending on curriculumcurriculum Advanced lectures in Mathematics are taught as choicechoice-subject
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INFORMATICS EDUCATION is mandatory only in the first grade ofsecondary schools and basics of informatics are taught (Word, Excel,Excel,Internet)

It is offered as choice subject in higher grades of elementary school
school
According to curriculum it can be taught for 22-4 years in secondary schools aswell

EDUCATION OF TEACHERS
MATHEMATICS
In the grades 11-4 of primary school one person teaches all subjects and gets
educated on Pedagogical Academy for four years
 In the grades 55-8 of primary school teachers are separated by subjects,
mathematics teachers get educated for two years on Pedagogical AcademyAcademy Mathematics teacher for secondary school has to get Advanced Diploma
Diploma ofHigher Education (4 years of study) on Faculty of ScienceINFORMATICS
Informatics teacher has to get Advanced Diploma of Higher Education
Education onFaculty of Science Computer Science engineers can also teach informatics but has to pass additional
exams in pedagogical subjects
Every teacher has to pass so called Governmental Exam after a yearyear of work

FACING PROBLEMSThe war in Bosnia andHerzegovina dramatically affected
its education system. Politics has
dominated the education scene,
and the quality and standards ofthe country’country’s education systemhave suffered. Some of the biggest
problems are: ethnical division inthree different curriculums,
unqualified people deal witheducation development, lack ofspace and equipment

MAIN DIRECTIONS IN EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
TO MAKE UNIFIED CURRICULUM FOR A GENERALGROUP OF SUBJECTS TO IMPROVE LAWS CONCERNING EDUCATION BOTH
ON LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL TO INPUT MORE FINANCES INTO EDUCATION TO REFORM SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCORDING TOEUROPEAN STANDARDS