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Croatia and Bosnia start new school year with infrastructure investments
The new school year has commenced across Croatia and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, marking a significant seasonal transition for hundreds of thousands of students. In Croatia, approximately 443,000 students have returned to classrooms, including 36,700 first-graders. Local authorities have implemented various measures to support this transition, such as increased police presence near schools to ensure traffic safety and municipal funding for textbooks and school supplies.
Significant investments in educational infrastructure are underway to modernize facilities and facilitate the transition to single-shift schooling. Major projects include a nearly 2 million euro reconstruction in Gornji Draganec, a 13 million euro expansion in Stobreč, and multi-million euro investments in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. These projects aim to provide better conditions for physical education, sports, and general learning.
In the Republic of Srpska, educational authorities and the public enterprise ‘Putevi Republike Srpske’ have launched safety campaigns to protect young students in traffic, involving pedagogical workshops for teachers and planned safety zones around schools.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina · Cleveland Clinic · Croatia · Healthline · Ivan Bosančić · Mayo Clinic · Ministry of Science, Education and Youth
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- [○ 1 SOURCE] Approximately 443,000 students have started the new school year in Croatia. www.baranjainfo.hr
- [○ 1 SOURCE] About 4,750 students have begun the 2026/2027 school year in Hercegbosanska Županija. hms.ba
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The City of Čakovec is investing over 40 million euros in school infrastructure projects.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Mobile phone use is strictly prohibited in primary schools in Croatia, while permitted in secondary schools outside of class time. www.baranjainfo.hr
- [○ 1 SOURCE] A reconstruction and expansion project for the III. Osnovna škola Čakovec is valued at over five million euros.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The county has allocated 500,000 KM from the budget to provide free textbooks for approximately 3,300 primary school students. hms.ba