Decree No. 196 / 1948 Coll.

Regulation implementing the provisions of the Education Act on National and Central Schools

Valid Effective from 01.09.1948
196.
Government Regulation
of 26 July 1948
implementing the provisions of the Education Act on National and Secondary Schools.
The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic hereby orders pursuant to § 19, § 6 and § 21, 26, 31 and 32 of the Act of 21 April 1948, No 95 Coll., on the Basic Regulation of Single Education (Education Act):
Planning to build a network of national and secondary schools.
§ 1.
The Ministry of Education and Education, in agreement with the ministries of the Interior, Finance, Technology, Social Welfare and Health, will issue detailed guidelines on how to provide the necessary documentation to draw up a plan to build a network of national and secondary schools.
§ 2.
According to the directives referred to in § 1, the district school authorities, with the participation of the holders of material cargo, shall provide the schools, representatives of the local national committees of the participating municipalities, the relevant components of the single trade union organisation, the care of young people and their experts with educational, technical and health documentation for the development of a school network plan and submit them with their report to the local school authority.
§ 3.
According to the documents provided by the district school authorities, the local school authorities shall draw up a single proposal to build a school network in their district and submit it to the Ministry of Education and Education.
§ 4.
The Ministry of Education and Education will hear about the sub-proposals submitted to it by the Regional School Authorities, the research institutes of the pedagogical and unified trade union organisation and set out an overall plan for building a network of national and secondary schools in agreement with the ministries of the Interior, Finance, Technology, Social Welfare and Health.
National and secondary school districts. Establishing and cancelling national and secondary schools and their classes.
§ 5.
(1) Where a national or secondary school is to be set up, its intended territory shall be determined first, in such a way that it is composed of the territory of a municipality or part thereof, after the territory of two or more municipalities or parts thereof, and that, as a rule, children residing there do not have more than 3 km of residence after a journey to a national school, to a secondary school beyond 5 km. With greater distance, a mass means of transport (rail, bus or other) can be calculated when determining the perimeter, provided that regular early attendance of all pupils concerned at school is possible.
(2) The school's seat shall be determined by the municipality most favourable to the attendance of the pupils.
§ 6.
(1) As a general rule, a national school shall be established if, according to the average of the last three school years, there are at least 20 children who are obliged to attend a national school and cannot reach another national school for the distance, inconsistency of the journey or transport conditions.
(2) As a general rule, a secondary school shall be established if there are at least 100 children, according to the average of the last three school years, who are obliged to attend a secondary school and for the distance, the inconsistency of the journey or the transport conditions, cannot reach another secondary school. The establishment of a secondary school may exceptionally be allowed even if fewer children, particularly in sparsely populated regions, are expected to increase in the coming years.
§ 7.
(1) National and secondary schools shall be set up and their perimeter established and amended by the Regional School Office on a proposal from the District School Office in accordance with the overall plan for the establishment of a network of national and secondary schools (Section 4).
(2) Until the overall plan for the establishment of a network of national and secondary schools has been established, the district school office shall provide the necessary supporting documents involving the factors referred to in Section 2.
§ 8.
(1) If there are more than 30 pupils in a national school in the first class or in a single school or in one of the upper classes of more than 40 pupils (in the school years 1948 / 49 to 1950 / 51 in the first class or in a single school of more than 40 pupils or in one of the upper classes of more than 50 pupils), the Land School Office shall normally establish a further class (branch). However, if they are a national school which has no five classes and if the conditions are in accordance with the age of pupils, the class shall be divided according to the years in succession.
(2) If there are more than 40 pupils in a secondary school class (1948 / 49 to 1950 / 51), the School Office will normally set up a subsidiary class.
(3) Classes (branches) are established as a rule from the beginning of the school year.
§ 9.
(1 Under these conditions, a national school with five or more classes and a secondary school with branches may also be abolished if planned to build a network of schools.
(2) The Regional School Office may cancel between the school year the class (branch) of the national or secondary school if the conditions under which it was established are no longer met.
Educational and educational fields and teachings.
§ 10.
Education and education (teaching) are taught both as compulsory and optional subjects at national and secondary schools.
§ 11.
(1) Compulsory subjects at the national school are language teaching, Russian language, first-year, country science, numbers and measures, writing, drawing, manual work, music education and physical education.
(2) Compulsory subjects in secondary school are language teaching, Russian language, civic teaching, history, geography, science, chemistry, physics, mathematics, drawing, drawing, household learning, music education and physical education.
(3) For children whose parents (legal representatives) have not checked out of religious education, this education is also a compulsory subject in both national and secondary schools.
§ 12.
If the Government provides, pursuant to § 3 (2) of the Education Act, that a school is taught in a language other than the Czech or Slovak language, it must always be taught in that school in Czech or Slovak language and in secondary school in Russian language.
§ 13.
Since the third consecutive year, he may be taught another living language, machine writing and shorthand as optional subjects in secondary school.
Establishing a religious education department and teaching hours.
§ 14.
(1) If there are at least 15 pupils of the same religion at school, whose religious education the school is obliged to take care of, the district school office shall establish a department for that education. If there are more than 40 pupils in such a department, another department will normally be set up.
(2) Religion is taught at national schools and in the first three consecutive years of secondary school after two hours per week, in the fourth consecutive year of secondary school after one hour per week.
(3) If there are at least 20 pupils participating in the fourth year of the secondary school of religious education of the same religion, these pupils shall not be joined in a joint department with pupils of other consecutive years.
(4) If there are less than 15 pupils of the same religion at school, whose religious education is required by the school, the district school office shall establish a department for the religious education of two or more schools in the same place or in neighbouring municipalities, the district school office may, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the local school authority, set up a department for religious education with fewer teaching hours.
Compulsory physical work in secondary schools.
§ 15.
(1) The physical work required to be carried out by pupils of the last gradual secondary school is part of their education. This part of education is intended in particular to educate pupils for physical work and to prepare them for the proper choice of profession; is held under the supervision of teachers.
(2) The pupils shall normally perform the physical work referred to in paragraph 1 in an economic field (agriculture, forestry, craft, industry, trade and j.); girls may exceptionally also do it in health or social institutions, including in households. The work must be proportionate to the physical abilities of the pupils.
(3) Compulsory physical work is usually carried out in the community in which the school is located or in the vicinity. If this is not possible, appropriate transport, accommodation and catering of pupils must be provided so that the cost of such services does not exceed the remuneration paid to pupils for the work done.
(4) The period of physical work must not exceed four weeks. It may be divided into several periods, but one of them must remain continuously for at least two working weeks. Where possible, this continuous two-week period shall be set for the first quarter of the school year.
(5) Compulsory physical work shall be carried out by pupils on the basis of an employment relationship provided by the County Labour Protection Office in agreement with the District School Office after hearing the participating associations of parents and friends of the school. The Ministry of Social Welfare shall adjust the details in agreement with the Ministry of Education and Education and the ministries involved.
§ 16.
Teachers who are deemed unfit to perform physical work at all or to perform physical work of a particular kind are not obliged to do the work in question.
Transitional and final provisions.
§ 17.
(1) The provisions of § § 5 - 9 apply mutatis mutandis to circuits and to the establishment and abolition of incomplete secondary schools.
(2) An incomplete secondary school of one class may be set up for at least 20 pupils. If there are more than 30 pupils in a class of incomplete secondary schools of different consecutive years, an additional class for higher consecutive years shall be established as necessary.
(3) The Regional School Office will cancel the incomplete secondary school if its district can be connected to the secondary school district (other incomplete secondary schools) or several secondary schools (other incomplete secondary schools).
§ 18.
(1) For pupils who are obliged to attend a secondary school but who do not live in a secondary school district or in an incomplete secondary school district, an incomplete secondary school unit shall be set up at a national school where they can easily attend daily (§ 6, par. 2).
(2) The pupils referred to in paragraph 1 must be admitted to an incomplete secondary school, even if they do not reside in the district of the national school at which the department is established. These pupils may be taught in whole or in part separately from the pupils of the national school.
§ 19.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1948; they shall be carried out by the Minister for Education and Education in agreement with the Ministers involved.
Zaporocký v. r.
Dr. Unedible v. r.

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CitationDecree No. 196 / 1948 Coll., implementing the provisions of the Education Act on National and Medium Schools
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation04.08.1948
Effective from01.09.1948
Effective until-
Status Valid
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