Osnovna šola Mladika, Ptuj

The official name of our school is Osnovna šola Mladika - Primary School Mladika and it is the oldest school in Ptuj, located by the Drava river bank, in the eastern part of town. It was first built in 1902 and was an all girls school. Because it was so charming, it was nicknamed "Beauty by the River" (http://www.kamra.si/sl/digitalne-zbirke/item/mladika-lepotica-ob-dravi.html).

After the first world war, German remained the primary teaching language, due to a shortage of Slovene teachers, however by April 1919, the last German teacher left the school.

In April of 1941 Ptuj was occupied by the German army. All Slovene schools were closed, the teachers deported to Croatia or Serbia. The school was now inhabited by German teachers, many of them having no suitable education.

After the war it was not possible for the teaching process to be carried out in Mladika, since it had been in ruins, therefore schooling was enabled on several different locations around town. Meanwhile the city authorities agreed on rebuilding the school and it was reopened in 1948, under the name Osnovna šola Toneta Žnidariča. In 1991 it was renamed Mladika, as it had originally been called.

The school is located in the oldest town of Slovenia and is therefore rich in cultural and natural history. It is a primary school with approximately 40 teachers and 360 pupils. We greatly care about the environment and implementing healthy. The school is involved in numerous projects supporting the pupils’ education - Eco school, Healthy school, Quality education for the future...