Развитие на първоначалните училища в Разлог и Разложко (1885–1912)
Development of the Primary Schools in Razlog and the Razlog Area (1885–1912)

Summary/Abstract: After the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation in 1877–1878 and the Congress of Berlin, the Razlog areas remained within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish authorities with the assistance of the Patriarchate of Constantinople tried to destroy the established school structure and to stop the development of education in the region. It was only after 1885 when at the Bulgarian Exarchate was set up a “School Department”, that it took over the management and control of the entire network of schools and introduced uniform plans and programmes for the primary schools in Macedonia and Thrace. The rapid development of the primary school in the Razlog are, the inclusion of ever more children in school age and the appointment of teachers were an achievement for the development of education in the area which had remained outside the boundaries of free Bulgaria. Notwithstanding the difficulties, the primary schools in Razlog and the Razlog area performed their function of mass popular schools that provided literacy and good preparation for entering the higher level of education.

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