A group of Belgrade professors and scientists, using the experiences of developed countries, initiated the idea to establish a Mathematical Gymnasium. A significant role in this endeavor was played by the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science, the Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Serbia and the Educational and Pedagogical Institute of Belgrade.
The father of the idea and the bearer of the project was academician Vojin Dajović, professor of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics. The basic model was the school that was started a year earlier in Moscow by one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, Andrey Nikolajević Kolmogorov, and which was later named after him.
After thorough preparations and overcoming many difficulties, controversial opinions, on the proposal of the Parent Commission, the Assembly of the City of Belgrade made a decision on May 17, 1966 to open the Mathematical Gymnasium, to gather and educate under special conditions young talents in the field of mathematics and natural sciences. On September 19, 1966, the Gymnasium started working as a three-year high school. That first year, after three competitions, only 56 students applied. Students who have completed the first year of high school and who have passed the entrance exam are enrolled in the first and second grade. They were classified into three departments. The next, school year 1967/68. in the second grade, four classes with about 80 students were enrolled, and the school got a building at 37 Narodni Fronta Street, from which the Elementary School "Zmaj Jova Jovanović" moved out.
The function of acting director in the first two years was performed by Ranko Radovanović, MA, then director of the Educational and Pedagogical Institute in Belgrade. For the next two years, the acting director was Dr. Dušan Adnađević from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Belgrade.
In 1970, Dr. Milan Raspopović, professor of physics at the Mathematical Gymnasium since its foundation, was elected director. He received his doctorate in 1977 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade with the topic "The influence of Ludwig Boltzmann's learning and understanding on physics and philosophy", and he remained in the position of director until 2001.
School year 1975/76. year, the first grade with four classes is introduced, so that the Mathematical Gymnasium becomes a four-class school. Until 1978, the Mathematical Gymnasium worked in one shift. In order to respond to the basic tasks and goals, the School immediately began intensive work on the introduction of the Curriculum and program of enhanced mathematics education for students who show a special gift and interest in mathematics and its application, especially in the field of natural and technical sciences. The first curriculum was unique, common to all students. A third of the weekly class fund was related to mathematical disciplines, physics was represented by 4 classes in all classes, and the other subjects were represented as in natural and mathematical high schools. After three years of work, in 1969, after the first generation graduated, the first significant change was made in the Curriculum and two majors were introduced - general and programming. The Mathematical Gymnasium suffered the biggest shock in 1977, when it was integrated into the framework of the reformed system of secondary oriented education by external coercion. At that time, many specific features of the School, which contributed to higher quality teaching, were violated. In the period of secondary oriented education, the number of students in a class increases from 20 to 34 students and the number of classes from 16 to 25 classes. This significantly reduced the quality of teaching. Despite the disastrous consequences caused by this educational reform, the Mathematical Gymnasium has preserved a good part of its former identity, such as the teaching staff, entrance exam, modern organization and work methods, cooperation with the University and other scientific institutions. Since 1988, the positions of the "good old" Mathematical High School have been gradually restored. The Education Council of the Slovak Republic, by its Decision no. 110-32/89 of 18.01.1989. adopted the Rulebook on the Implementation of the Experiment Program of the Mathematics High School in Belgrade. In the Decision, it was written that a specialized experimental school with two majors - general and programming - would be formed. The goal is to strengthen mathematics education for students who show a special talent for mathematics and natural sciences. A corresponding Curriculum and Program was adopted. The trial was completed in 1995. In May of the same year, the Ministry of Education decided that the Mathematical Gymnasium would receive the status of School for talented students in the field of mathematics and natural sciences.
The position of director of the Mathematical High School after the retirement of prof. Dr. Milan Raspopović, at the proposal of the School's Teaching Council, was taken over in 2001 by Dr. Ljubomir Protić, professor of the Faculty of Mathematics and professor of mathematics at the Mathematical Gymnasium. In that period, the idea of the need to expand the Mathematical Gymnasium to the final grades of elementary school matured. The concept is elaborated thoroughly, discussions are held in the professional public and the idea is presented to the competent services. It is also understood the increasing necessity of spatial expansion of the School. This idea meets the understanding of the city fathers of Belgrade.
After the appointment of Dr. Ljubomir Protić to the post of Assistant Minister of Education of the Republic of Serbia, in the spring of 2004, the position of Acting Director of the Mathematical Gymnasium was taken over by Dr. Vladimir Dragović, Scientific Advisor of the Mathematics Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Gymnasium, at the suggestion of the Teaching Council. 23.05.2005. The Ministry of Education and Sports approved the School Board's decision to appoint Dr. Vladimir Dragović as the director of the Mathematical Gymnasium.
After the departure of director Dr. Vladimir Dragović, on April 1, 2008, the position of acting director of the Mathematical Gymnasium, based on the decision of the School Board, was taken over by Srđan Ognjanović, MA, professor of mathematics at the Mathematical Gymnasium.
On June 11, 2008, Srđan Ognjanović, MA, was appointed as the director of the Mathematical Gymnasium, and on June 11, 2012, the mandate was extended for another four years.
In the 2004/2005 school year, at the initiative of the Mathematical Gymnasium in Belgrade and the Association of Mathematicians of Serbia, the Ministry of Education and Sports of the Republic of Serbia passed a Decision on the introduction of two trial classes of the seventh grade of elementary school in the Mathematical Gymnasium. These classes of 25 students each are intended for gifted students in mathematics, physics and computer science. Thus, for the first time, it was possible for the most talented young mathematicians from all over Serbia to enroll in the Mathematical Gymnasium already after completing the sixth grade of elementary school. The students of these trial classes work according to the plan and program of the seventh grade of elementary school, with the fact that they have reinforced teaching in mathematics, physics and informatics. The classes are taught by the teachers of the Mathematical High School, including associates from the University and Institute. Prominent professors from several elementary schools in Belgrade are helping them on this project.
In the first period, in June 2004, 92 candidates applied for enrollment in the seventh grade, mostly from Belgrade, but also from a dozen other places throughout Serbia. On March 3, 2014, the Mathematical Gymnasium received Decision no. 611-00-2858/2013-07 from February 19.02.2014, 2004. from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development on the verification of the Mathematical Gymnasium for the implementation of the curriculum for students of the seventh and eighth grade of elementary education and education endowed with mathematics. At the end of 2005, a conceptual design was prepared, and at the beginning of XNUMX, the main project for upgrading the floor of the Mathematical Gymnasium building.
For almost four decades of its existence, the Mathematical High School as an institution, its students and professors have received numerous awards. In the field of international cooperation, we particularly highlight cooperation with related schools in the world. This primarily refers to the meetings with the Kolmogorov School in Moscow, which we said was the school - the model on which the Mathematical Gymnasium was created. These meetings were particularly intense in the period 1993-1995, during the difficult years of sanctions and isolation of our country, when our students were forbidden to participate in official international competitions...
At the session held on May 10, 2007, the Government of the Republic of Serbia passed the Decision on the designation of the Mathematical High School as being of SPECIAL INTEREST FOR THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA.
In 2009, the third floor was upgraded and the building was completely reconstructed. The school received five new computer science rooms, two physics rooms, a ceremonial hall and several new classrooms. In this way, better conditions were created for working and conducting modern teaching...
The Mathematical Gymnasium is proud of its retirees who spent a significant part of their working life in the Gymnasium, such as: Mirjana Ivanović, Dragojla Šaranović, Bojana Nikić, Zora Bogičević, Milesa Popović, Slađana Vrsajkov, Miroljub Lalović, Nadežda Špagnut, Javorka Pavlović, Gospava Gašić , Vera Lazić, Mileva Vuković, Hajrija Nešović, Mira Đoreski, Kovina Pešterac, Milka Šipka, Ljubica Sajić, Dragoljub Jovanović, MSc, Radojka Isaković, Miloš Aksentijević, Vera Jocković, Branislava Vlaški, Olga Daković, Mihail Sopić, Vera Mikić, Nataša Kadelburg, Zorka Đorđić, Ljiljana Čabarkapa, Vesna Rapaić, Vladimir Radovanov, Nadija Udovicić, Vukosava Garabandić , Ljubinka Petković, Jasminka Mihaljinac, Dragan Cvetković, Nada Pejić...
With pride and sadness, we remember the deceased members of the team, who contributed to the shaping and development of the school with their work: Branka Đerasimović, Slobodan Tmušić, Vasilij Jović, Života Joksimović, Enes Udovićič, Milan Savić, Mihailo Veljković, Dušan Komnenić, Branka Mojsović, Marina Ivanović, Aleksandra Cvetković... They remain in the fondest memories of many students and are role models for their colleagues.
We remember our deceased students with special pain and sadness. One of the greatest tragedies in the School's history was the death of Sanja Milenkovic, a gifted first-grade student, in the NATO bombing in 1999.
Source: HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS HIGH SCHOOLMathematical High School website
See also: List of former students,Mathematical High School website
MONOGRAPH ON THE OCCASION OF 10 YEARS OF THE MATHEMATICS HIGH SCHOOL
MONOGRAPH ON THE OCCASION OF 30 YEARS OF THE MATHEMATICS HIGH SCHOOL
MONOGRAPH ON THE OCCASION OF 40 YEARS OF THE MATHEMATICS HIGH SCHOOL
MONOGRAPH ON THE OCCASION OF 45 YEARS OF THE MATHEMATICS HIGH SCHOOL
On the occasion of fifty years of activity of the Mathematical High School, a school ceremony will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 18 pm in the ceremonial hall.
( Invitation to former students of the Mathematical Gymnasium)
As reported by RTS, on September 19, 2016, in the National Theater, a formal academy...
Mathematical Gymnasium is a unique secondary school in our country for talented students in the field of mathematics, informatics and natural sciences. It was founded in 1966, and since 2004/2005 it includes two final grades of elementary school.
The basic characteristics of the work of the Mathematical High School are:
special selection of talented students through a specific entrance exam and enrollment rules;
a special plan and program through which the teaching of mathematics, informatics and physics is carried out at an extremely high level;
consistent implementation of the principle that a talented student needs a gifted professor, through careful nurturing of the teaching staff, who are mostly recruited from the ranks of former students of this School;
Of particular importance is the two-way cooperation with the University of Belgrade, the Mathematics Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Physics, so that regular teaching is carried out by about twenty PhDs and ten masters, and about the same number are engaged through other, additional forms of teaching;
classes of 20 students, which are often divided into groups;
application of various forms of teaching, from classic to contemporary, including mentoring;
the desire to develop an active attitude towards knowledge in students, to connect different subjects and contents, to stimulate a critical and creative spirit, to emphasize high moral, scientific and general civilizational values;
constant improvement of teaching, as a long, gradual and continuous process, based both on own experiences and research, but also on the experiences of the most prominent world institutions and scientific authorities.
The organization of classes is mainly handled by expert councils, which bring together teachers and associates of related subject groups. The coordination of the work of expert councils is mostly handled by the assistant director.
Consistent implementation of the aforementioned principles has also brought results. In four decades, about 7000 students passed through the School. About 250 later received a doctorate, about 400 received a master's degree, many became professors at prestigious world universities or leading experts in various fields.
At international competitions, the students of the Mathematical Gymnasium won over 450 medals, which is a rare, if not unique, success of a school in the world. In addition to exceptional success in the fields of mathematics, physics, informatics and astronomy, the students of the Mathematical High School are also successful in other fields: they win prizes at republican competitions in Serbian language and literature, history, chess, and also win prestigious prizes in acting, recitation, sports, multimedia presentations, debating, etc.
IDENTITY OF MATHEMATICS HIGH SCHOOL, Website of the Mathematical Gymnasium
