Bežigrad high school
| Bežigrad high school | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| place | Ljubljana |
| local community | Ljubljana |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 3 '52 " N , 14 ° 30' 44" E |
| Website | www.gimb.org (Slovenian / English) |
The Bežigrad Gymnasium ( Slovenian : Gimnazija Bežigrad) is a general state high school for students between the ages of 15 and 19. It is named after the Bežigrad district in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana .
For years it has had the strictest admission restriction of any middle school in Slovenia, as well as the best average high school diploma in the country. Bežigrad Grammar School has a long list of prominent former students from all areas of public life. Several former students are Olympic medalists, and among NBA players there are more former students from Bežigrad than from any other secondary school outside of America.
Educational offer
In addition to the general curriculum of Slovenian grammar schools, the grammar school alternatively also teaches according to the curriculum for an international Baccalaureate (IB), in which the results of the students are consistently among the top 10% of the world. The international school for foreign students in Ljubljana is attached to the Bežigrad grammar school.
Among other things, the students also have the opportunity to acquire the German Language Diploma (DSD II).
history
The history of today's Bežigrad grammar school begins in 1908 with the opening of the German grammar school in Ljubljana with predominantly German teachers and Slovene as an optional subject. The German school was closed in 1918, after the end of the First World War and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and four years later it was renamed the Realschule with the Slovenian language of instruction. The grammar school, which until then was located in Vegova ulica (Vegova street), moved to a new building in the Bežigrad district in 1936, which still serves as the central part of the school building. Emil Navinšek's revolutionary object was the world's first corridor-free school building. As the number of students, professors and classes gradually increased, the school was divided into the 4th state secondary school and the 3rd grammar school in 1940.
During the Second World War, the school was occupied by the army, classes were largely disrupted and then interrupted. After the war, however, the grammar school again reported the pre-war numbers of students. In 1990, one year before the Slovenian declaration of independence, the grammar school was renamed to its current name. In the same year, the students had the first opportunity to take part in classes based on the International Baccalaureate curriculum under the auspices of UNESCO and the United Nations. The International School was also opened two years later.
In the autumn of 1991 the new extension was opened and the majority of afternoon lessons were abolished. In 1995 the construction of the sports complex of the Bežigrad Gymnasium ended.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the best Slovenian middle schools according to the Abitur grade (Ed .: Alma Mater Europaea - European Center Maribor (ECM) (English, Slovenian, Croatian))
- ↑ Emil Navinšek: The revolutionary new corridor-free system in architecture A book by architect Emil Navinšek
- ↑ School history (Ed .: Gymnasium Bežigrad history of the school (Slovenian, English))