ARSIMI GJATË MBRETËRISË SHQIPTARE NË OPOJË DHE GORË TË KOSOVËS
EDUCATION DURING THE ALBANIAN KINGDOM IN OPOJA AND GORA OF KOSOVO

Summary/Abstract: Quite a few archival resources found in the Inter-municipal Archive and different enquiries and studies made on the history of education in Opoja and Gora during the Albanian Kingdom 1941-1942 and 1943-1944 reveal the efforts of education enthusiasts to spread through and expand education in the sub-prefecture of Dragash, namely in the area of Opoja and Gora to open as many schools as possible. Thus, at the beginning of World War II, with the establishment of the Albanian Kingdom, education in Albanian language took on a new form, schools and summer courses for adults against illiteracy were opened, which marked a widespread dissemination in Opoja and Gora, too. Teachers who came from Albania and those from Kosovo were undoubtedly the headmen having patriotic duty to guide the education in these areas and laid the foundation of the Albanian education and paved the path to knowledge and prosperity in Opoja and Gora. According to the archive documentation in the sub-prefecture of Dragash, schools in Albanian language were opened in following villages of Opoja and Gorani: Blaç, Buce, Brrut, Rapçë, Vranishte, Brod, Restelicë and Dragash. But there was a barrier in educating children and young people in these two provinces because there was no tradition of education for of a single reason - this population was solely dealing with cattle breeding and a bit of agriculture, so every individual was more than needed to carry on their daily work and thus the number of students was not in satisfactory numbers.

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