Počeci jugoslavenskog školstva u Čileu

• Main Author: Antić, Ljubomir; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
• Format: Text
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies 1987
• Subjects: iseljenici; školstvo; Jugoslavenska narodna obrana; Čile; emigrants; school system; Yugoslav National Defence; Chile; Malo; Rata; sami
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/128670; http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/190060

Naše iseljeničko školstvo pojavljuje se u Čileu za vrijeme Prvoga svjetskog rata. Godine 1916. otvorena je u Antofagasti Jugoslavenska mješovita pučka škola a 1917. Jugoslavenska škola u Punta Arenasu. Potonja je prestala raditi već u toka 1918. dok je ona u Antofagasti djelovala i nakon Prvoga svjetskog rata. Obje škole nastale su i djelovale u sklopu jugoslavenskoga iseljeničkog pokreta, odnosno njegove organizacije Jugoslavenske narodne obrane. S tim u vezi određeni su i njihovi ciljevi: zaustavljanje asimilacije druge generacije iseljenika i njihov odgoj u duhu jugoslavenskog patriotizma. Škole su financirali sami iseljenici. O kratkom vijeku škole u Punta Arenasu imamo malo podataka. Škola u Antofagasti bila je dvogodišnja, a u njezinu sklopu djelovao je i dječji vrtić. Godine 1917. u tu je školu bilo upisano 110 djece. Škole su imale neprestano materijalne i kadrovske probleme a broj upisane djece iz godine u godinu bivao je sve manji. The beginnings of our emigrant school system in Chile go back to the First World War. A joint Yugoslav boys and girls' elementary school was established in Antofagasta in 1916, and a school named Yugoslav school in Punta Arenas in 1917. The latter closed down as early as 1918, while the former was in operation also after the war. Both schools were initiated as part of the activities of the Yugoslav emigré movement, i.e. its organisation called the Yugoslav National Defence. In this context, the goals of the schools were determined: to stop the assimilation of our second-generation emigrants and to educate them in the spirit of Yugoslav patriotism. The schools were financed by the emigrants themselves. Data on the short life of the school in Punta Arenas are scarce. Instruction at the school in Antofagasta lasted for two years, and included in the school was also a kindergarten. The school had an enrolment of 110 pupils in the year 1917. Both schools were constantly faced with problems pertaining to finance and personnel, and the number of enrolled children decreased from year to year.