Preberanie škôl na Slovensku do správy Československej republiky v rokoch 1918 – 1919 a zavádzanie slovenčiny ako vyučovacieho jazyka
Taking over Schools in Slovakia into the Administration of the Czechoslovak Republic between 1918 and 1919 and Introducing Slovak as the Language of Instruction

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with education in Slovakia after the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the creation of the Czechoslovak Republic and points at the fact that Czechoslovak state authorities perceived Hungarian schools as the primary tool of Hungarization in Hungary. In Slovakia, with the exception of several elementary church schools, educational institutions with Slovak language of instruction did not exist. The paper describes the process of the radical establishment and the support of the creation of Slovak schools initiated in 1918, which was supposed to be the basis of the formation of Slovak national awareness and the Slovak elite. After the establishment of Czechoslovakia parallel with the introduction of Slovak as the language of instruction at schools, the number of Hungarian schools was reduced, which resulted in a significant decrease during the years of 1918 and 1919.

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