Doamna Stanca National College (Satu Mare)
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Doamna Stanca National College (
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: ''Colegiul Național Doamna Stanca'') is a public day
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for students aged 10 to 18, established in 1816, and located in
Satu Mare Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the ...
,
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. The school is named after the spouse of the
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. The Doamna Stanca National College is one of four national colleges located in
Satu Mare Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the ...
, alongside
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, Ioan Slavici, and Kölcsey Ferenc. The
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n writer Ioan Slavici took his baccalaureate at this college.


History

After 1804, with the establishment of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Satu Mare, the Catholic gymnasium was reopened. The institution functioned in a rented space from the former
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college that was damaged. In the year 1814, the construction plans for a new gymnasium were approved and the costs of the construction were supported by the Roman Catholic Bishopric. The city provided land for the construction and placement of the structure for only 5,000 Hungarian forints. The teaching language in the Catholic secondary school was
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. Since 1819, there have been efforts to teach the
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as an object of study. From 1833,
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,
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, and
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, starting with the third class were taught in the Hungarian language. Between 1843 and 1844, the main language was Hungarian, but Latin continued to be an important teaching language. The
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was introduced in 1855, as an object of study in all secondary classes. From the fifth grade, many educational courses were taught in
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; even
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and Greek were taught by German textbooks. The
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n population attend the elementary schools confessional in
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, but there were secondary studies in Latin and Hungarian. One of the most famous professors to teach at the college was the
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n priest and an advocate Vasile Lucaciu.


Present

The school has 24 high school classes (A through F) and 4 secondary school classes. Usually the "A" classes are specialized on social sciences sometimes with an
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bilingual specialization. The "B" classes treat Modern Languages always having either an
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or a
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/
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bilingual specialization. The "C" classes have the
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s specialization along with an
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bilingual one. The "D" classes are
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s, the "E" classes have
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and
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and the "F" classes are Greek catholic
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classes, none of the latter three having any bilingual specialization. All of the high school classes have intensive learning science according to their specialization.


References

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