Распоред учитеља у Рашко-призренској епархији за 1905/06. школску годину
The Allocation of Teachers in the Raška-Prizren Eparchy for the School Years 1905/6

Summary/Abstract: The circumstances concerning education among the Serbs in the Old Serbia and in general in the territories under Turkish rule in the early 20th century, reflected political situation in the region. The status of Serb teachers in the Raška-Prizren Eparchy was of particular importance, both for the Serb population who lived there, and for the Serbian government in Belgrade. The interests of Serbia, Turkey, Universal Patriarchy and Metropolitans that belonged to it, all intersected through the educational cadres in the Old Serbia. Through the control of the education personnel, Turkey attempted to suppress national aspirations of Serbs under her rule; Serbia anted to have insight into the state of affairs of the Serb people, and the easiest way to do it was through people who worked in education; by controlling teachers, the Metropolitan Niciphor, as the Archpriest in charge, wanted to be the main representative of the Serbs from this part of the Old Serbia.Apart from general administrative functions, lists with the allocation of teachers also reflected these interests. The enclosed list provides the allocation of teachers in the Raška- Prizren Eparchy in the 1905/6 school year, as well as of the one preceding it. These lists are important, for they provide a wealth of information about the education personnel, as well as about the education circumstances among the Serbs in Old Serbia in general. They contain the name and surname of the teacher, place and date of birth, school qualifications, degree, and the previous post. This enables us to follow the developmental trajectory of teachers, numbers of schools and teachers in them, and places where teachers came from. Based on the allocation of teachers, one could see that the educational policy of the Kingdom of Serbia started to bear fruit. There were schools in 95 settlements in the Raška-Prizren Eparchy, and 173 teachers in them, 30 of whom were women. Most teachers, as well as students, were in the places were schools existed for longer period of time. Another success of the right policy is seen from the fact that most of the personnel were from the Old Serbia, and completed their education there. The list also reflects which schools the teachers graduated from, and that the educational cadre in the Raška-Prizren Eparchy was educationally competent for the job they performed.

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