Two Schools Under One Roof

In bosnia and herzegovina bih the right to education is being violated because of discrimination which exists in schools in both entities.

Two schools under one roof.

These schools are located in 28 locations which make 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Children from two ethnic groups bosniaks and croats attend classes in the same building but physically separated from each other and taught separate curricula. As the term suggests the main features of the system are that students effectively constitute two distinct schools in one building. Segregated schooling called two schools under one roof bcs.

Two schools under one roof is a phenomenon that has existed in the educational system of bosnia and herzegovina since 2003. According to our research there are 56 schools 46 primary and 10 secondary including central and branch schools affected by the phenomenon of two schools under one roof. The organization for security and cooperation in europe osce mission in bosnia and herzegovina devised the two schools under one roof plan in 2000 as a temporary measure to encourage people to return to their homes and prevent ethnic violence. Two schools under one roof is a term for schools in bosnia and herzegovina based on the ethnic segregation of children.

This report from the osce mission to bih the mission addresses the practice of two schools under one roof in the federation of bih fbih as the most visible but by no means only manifestation of discrimination in the education systems of the country. In the federation of bosnia and herzegovina 57 schools operated in this way in the year 2010. In such system children from different ethnic belonging bosniak and. The concept was created in order to.

Two schools under one roof. Children from one ethnic group enter the school through one door while children from other ethnic group through another. Two schools under one roof is a post war phenomenon in bosnia and herzegovina in the part of the country where the bosnian army fought against the croat army. The stolac school is an example of bosnia s postwar emphasis on two schools under one roof.