XV Gymnasium
public school in Zagreb, Croatia
Fifteenth Gymnasium (Croatian: XV. gimnazija, Petnaesta gimnazija) is a public high school in Zagreb, Croatia. It specializes in mathematics and computer science. It was previously called MIOC (Matematičko informatički obrazovni centar; lit. 'Mathematical Informatical Educational Center') and is still well known under that name.
History
The school was founded as Fifteenth Mathematical Gymnasium (XV. matematička gimnazija) in 1964. It was among the first schools in former Yugoslavia specializing in mathematics along with Mathematical Gymnasium (Matematička gimnazija) in Belgrade.
The first principal was Stefanija Bakarić, sister of Vladimir Bakarić, one of the leading politicians in the ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia and the chairman of the League of Communists of Croatia at the time. The original curriculum was composed with the help from acclaimed university professors Svetozar Kurepa, Branislav Marković and Vladimir Devide. At the beginning, most of the teachers were university professors.
In 1965, it became the first school in Croatia to have information science as a school subject. Students first got the chance to work on actual computers in 1980.
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