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Religion and the Education system in Croatia: A critique

This article analyses the education system in Croatia with an emphasis on the position of religion. In that, the paper analyses primary and secondary education and the policy that regulates content and values pupils should accept. The paper also analyses position of religion in regard to religious catechism and position of religion in history textbooks. The questions this paper are analysing are: what is the policy of Croatian authorities in the education system, and what reception this policy receives in the society. The paper expresses a critique of current Croatia’s policy in regard to religion and education that are seen as anti- Constitutional and discriminatory. The position of religion in the education system is also analysed through Gramscian concept of common sense and his understanding of the Catholic Church being keen to preserve doctrinal unity. The paper also argues that Europeanization and modernisation – two unclear terms – only serve the authorities for masking nationalist policies meant to preserve inequality.

education; religion; common sense; inequality; Croatia

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