Legislatívne postavenie menšinového školstva vo Vojvodine v období rokov 1919 – 1929 (s dôrazom na používanie materinského jazyka)

JAN HRĆAN
Katedra histórie, Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Mateja Bela
v Banskej Bystrici

Legislative position of education of minorities in Vojvodina between the years 1919 – 1929 (with the emphasis on the use of their native language)

Abstract: One of the most vital questions that needed to be answered concerning national minorities in Yugoslavia after the first world war, or rather after the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, was the question regarding the usage of their native language. In this study I will dedicate myself to discussing the government´s academic, school or rather educational politics towards minorities in the period between the two world wars. I will be focused on discussing the specific administrative and legal regulations regarding the representative minorities in Vojvodina and the whole of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes respectively. Opportunities regarding education in Vojvodina were diverse and there was no real consistency when it comes educational politics. The state finally revoked the 37 different provincial laws and regulations and put in place unanimous school regulations for the entire state in 1929 with the goal of unifying all social, political and public aspects of the Yugoslavian national basis. This study will exemplify how the state acted towards minority groups after establishing a new state and will illustrate the most important laws and law proposals regarding the use of their native language.

Keywords: Slovaks abroad, Slovaks of Vojvodina, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Legislative, Minorities, School, Laws and regulations.