Issues of regional schools in the Croatian education system

U ovom završnom radu obrađena je problematika područnih škola u Republici Hrvatskoj. Kako bi se objasnio taj problem u prvom djelu obrađuje se povijest školstva i opisuje se sam model obrazovanja u Republici Hrvatskoj i prikazuje mreža škola. U drugom djelu definiraju se matične i područne škole s posebnim osvrtom na područne škole. Istraženi su i prikazani tehnički, financijski i organizacijski problemi tih malih škola. U radu su iznesena viđenja ravnatelja, učitelja i učenika područnih škola. Navedeni su prednosti i nedostatci i značaj za male sredine u kojima one egzistiraju. Time se željelo pokazati da su problemi malih škola, ma koliko ih bilo, nevažni u odnosu na prednosti koje donosi postojanje takvih škola. One su temelj života u malim selima i garancija za život sela.In this bachelor’s thesis, the issues of district schools in the Republic of Croatia have been described. In order to explain these issues, in the first part of this paper the history of the Croatian school system has been described, the education model in the Republic of Croatia, and the Croatian school network have also been described. In the second part of the paper, parent schools and district schools have been defined, with special emphasis on district schools. Technical, financial, and organisational problems of these small schools have been researched, and presented in this paper. In this paper, the views of headmasters, teachers, and students of district schools have been presented. The advantages and disadvantages of district schools have been listed, and their importance in small communities in which they exist. The goal of the paper is to demonstrate that the problems, regardless of their quantity, are unimportant when they are compared with the advantages of these schools. They are essential to the preservation of small villages