GREEK EDUCATION IN MONASTIR - PELAGONIA

GREEK EDUCATION IN MONASTIR - PELAGONIA 33
name but three of them), which provided and cared for the school buildings,
the teachers and the pupils. 38
4. The success with which the people of Monastir cultivated Greek letters
was due to their excellent educational organisation, their competent and
irreproachable teachers, and the keen and unflagging interest of their superintendents
of schools. They were proud of their schools and philanthropic
institutions “which were built and maintained for centuries by the struggles
of the people, not with foreign gold”. 39
Figure 8. Gymnastics display at the Greek School of Monastir
Article 41 of the 1869 “Regulations of the Orthodox Greek Community
of the city of Bitolia” set out the qualifications required of a teacher:
“When choosing teachers the following must necessarily be considered:
First, whether the person is of irreproachable conduct; Second, whether
they hold a diploma, in accordance with the regulations for Gymnasium
38. Stephanos . Papadopoulos, Educational and social action, 134-140.
39. Ekklesiastiki Aletheia, 1907, 366.