model B – bilingual education; the curriculum is realised in minority language (humanities
and social sciences) and in Croatian language (natural science);
model C – nurturing the language and culture of national minority; the additional module of
curriculum, 2-5 hours per week, closely related to the culture of national minority (composed
of the minority language, literature, history, geography and visual arts and culture);
the language of a respective national minority is taught as the language of the community; the
pupils at schools in which the tuition is in Croatian language are offered to learn the minority
language as well;
seminars, workshops in minority languages; summer and winter schools, distance learning;
specific programs for Roma population inclusion in educational system according to the
comprehensive strategic documents the National Programme for the Roma and the Action
Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015.
3. Data on national minorities in education
Education in the language and script of a national minority is carried out in preschool
institutions, primary schools, secondary schools and the other school institutions that hold classes in a
language and script of a national minority. The other forms of education like seminars, winter and
summer schools, distance learning and the like are provided according to the Law on the Education
and Training in the Language and Script of National Minorities.
Within the overall education system 10.146 scholars who belong to national minorities in
2007 practised the education right in one of three educational models.
Pre-school education
School year 2006/2007: Model A: Czechs – 141 children, 5 groups, 2 kinder gardens, 12
educators;
Hungarians – 148 children, 8 groups, 8 kinder gardens, 12 educators; Serbs – 391 children, 16
groups, 4 kinder gardens, 27 educators; Italians – 845 children, 39 groups, 18 kinder gardens, 89
educators;
Model C: Hungarians – 20 children, 1 group, 1 kinder garden, 1 educator.
Primary education
School year 2006/2007: Model A: Czechs – 314 students, 3 schools, 36 teachers; Hungarians –
256 students, 5 schools, 71 teachers, 32 classes; Serbs – 2.350 students, 18 schools, 369 teachers,
160 classes; Italians – 1.523 students, 17 schools, 263 teachers, 105 classes; Model B: Hungarians
– 14 students, 1 school, 3 teachers, 2 classes.; Model C: Czechs – 452 students, 19 schools, 17
teachers; Hungarians – 729 students, 15 schools, 11 teachers, 87 classes; Slovaks – 510 students,
10 schools, 6 teachers; Serbs – 430 students, 22 schools, 38 teachers, 57 classes; Macedonians –
25 students, 2 schools, 2 teachers, 2 classes; Germans and Austrians – 67 students, 1 school, 7
teachers, 5 classes; Ukrainians – 28 students, 1 schools, 2 classes, 1 teacher; Ruthenians – 48
students, 1 school, 6 classes, 2 teachers.
Secondary education
School year 2006/2007: Model A: Bosniacs – 94 students, 1 school; Hungarians – 67 students, 1
school, 36 teachers, 10 classes; Serbs – 923 students, 8 schools, 203 teachers, 66 classes; Italians
– 775 students, 4 schools, 143 teachers, 66 classes; Model B/ C: Czechs – 52 students, 1 school,
10 teachers, 4 classes.
Roma minority inclusion in education system
The Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015 was developed by the
Governmental Office for National Minorities and approved by the Government in 2005. It follows
the previously adopted strategy entitled the National Program for the Roma, adopted in 2003. The