Description
By the Decree of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević in March 1854, the first vocational school in Serbia was founded – the First Vocational School, for the planned and systematic preparation of personnel necessary for the new military factory (Topolivnica). The proposal to establish a boarding-type school, based on the model of vocational schools in France, was sent to the Prince by Charles Loubry at the end of 1853. The school, with notable success, participated in science and technology fairs in Paris in 1889 and London in 1898. By the Decree from 1867, the school was named the Military-Vocational School. The school resumed its work in 1888 through the efforts of the Director of the Institute, Pavel Šafárik, and received the status of a secondary school. The Military-Vocational School grew into a leading vocational school in the Balkans in the time before the First World War. Before the Second World War, only trades necessary for the military industry were represented in the school programme. The new teaching plan adopted in 1940 could not be implemented due to the outbreak of war.
The Military-Industrial School in Kragujevac was founded in September 1946 by the Ministry of National Defence at the "Crvena Zastava" Institute. From the school year 1994/1995, new courses in the traffic profession were started, and in 1996, the school was named the Technical School for Mechanical Engineering and Traffic. In 2009, the school was named the Polytechnic School and provided students with general and specialist theoretical and practical knowledge that enabled them to quickly and easily join the world of work, but also to successfully continue further education.
The Secondary Vocational School was founded by the Decision on the establishment of the Secondary Vocational School in Kragujevac and the abolition of the Polytechnic School and the Second Technical School in Kragujevac. As of September 1, 2018, the Polytechnic School and the Second Technical School, the origin and development of which are closely related, once again became one institution, under the name Secondary Vocational School. By merging these two schools, the offer was further enriched. In addition to mechanical engineering, traffic, and electrical engineering, forestry, wood processing and culture, art and public information were also added.
Today, the school is called Secondary School "Knez Aleksandar Karađorđević".
For the stamp motifs, the following were used: the portrait of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, the work of student Ivona Bogdanović and drawing of the school building, the work of student Marko Milanović.
Professional cooperation: Siniša Kojić, Director of Secondary School “Knez Aleksandar Karađorđević”.
Graphic realization: Nadežda Skočajić, Academic Graphic Artist.
