Zagreb Classical Gymnasium Collection

The Zagreb Gymnasium private collection consists of memorabilia from the 1985-89 period. The school was then named as the Educational Centre for Languages, and two of its classes, which retained the classical curriculum, were considered a peculiarity. It was highly exceptional at the time, because in the framework of the secondary school reform implemented by Stipe Šuvar in 1975-76, which promoted so-called “directed education,” all gymnasia in Croatia were transformed into some manner of vocational schools with the aim of preparing the students for the labour market. From the communist perspective, the classical education was deemed unnecessary petty bourgeois elitism, which prepared select students for the university and enhanced class inequality.

扎格列布中学的私人收藏馆汇聚了1985年至1989年间的珍贵纪念品。当时，该学校被命名为语言教育中心，其中两个保留古典课程的班级被视为一种特色。在当时，这种特色尤为显著，因为在1975年至1976年由斯蒂佩·斯库瓦尔实施的中学教育改革框架下，旨在推动所谓的“指导教育”，克罗地亚的所有体育馆均被转变为各种职业学校的形态，以培养学生适应劳动力市场的需求。从共产主义的视角来看，古典教育被视为一种不必要的、小资产阶级的精英主义，它为少数学生准备大学教育并加剧了阶级不平等。