The Vocational School in Metlika

Abstract

The article deals with the circumstances concerning the origin of the vocational school in Metlika, its development and the difficulties the school had to face during its existence (1890-1941). Based on archival material, the author reconstructed the efforts of Metlika's trade co-operative committee to preserve the old trade rights concerning vocational schools, and the struggle of the Metlika vocational school teachers to put into force new, legitimate school ohligations and regulations.