School Foundation Day
The School of National Defence - "Vojvoda Radomir Putnik" celebrates the 19th of October as its day, which is the date when the Higher School of the Military Academy was founded in the Kingdom of Serbia in 1884, with the establishment of which the higher professional training of officers in the Serbian Armed Forces began.
The Higher School of the Military Academy was formally established by the adoption of the Law on the Organisation of the Military Academy on 30th January 1880. Its task was to provide higher professional education for officers.
Due to the insufficient number of registered candidates, it only started working in 1884. On 5th August 1884, the Minister of the Military, General Staff Colonel Jovan Praporčetović, issued a decree to open the Higher School of the Military Academy at the beginning of that school year.
The school admitted officers of the rank of second lieutenant or lieutenant (later also captain second class), of any branch of army, who applied having completed grammar school or eight-year preparatory grammar school (popularly known as "realka") or the Lower School of the Military Academy, and then served in the army for at least one year (for three years later) and were rated as well-trained officers. Candidates for the Higher School took the entrance exam. Officers over the age of 30 were not accepted for admission. In the entrance exam that year, Basic Tactics, Fortification, Geography of the Balkan Peninsula and Briefly That of the Neighbouring Provinces, as well as Trigonometry were tested.
The school lasted for two years. In the first year, the subjects included Strategy with a Brief Review of Some Wars, Tactics of Large Units (Operations), Modern Permanent Fortification with Urban Military, Military Statistics and the Geography of the Balkan Peninsula and the Neighbouring Countries, Basics of Higher Geodesy with Application to Cartography, French and German.
A student who, at the end of the first year, did not show satisfactory results (failed two or more subjects) was not allowed to continue his education in the second year. In the second year, the following subjects were studied: Strategy with a Brief Review of Some Wars, Tactics of Large Units (Operations), General Staff Affairs, Principles of State Administration With a Particular Focus on Military Administration and Its Organisation in Our Country, Principles of Political Economy and Statistics, Basics of International Law and Law of War, French and German.
The Higher School of the Military Academy was opened on 19th October 1884, and the opening ceremony was attended by King Milan Obrenović. In the first generation (1884/85 and 1886/87), which had a one-year break in education due to the Serbo-Bulgarian War, 18 cadets were enrolled and 17 cadets graduated, as one died in that war.
The Higher School of the Military Academy was formally established by the adoption of the Law on the Organisation of the Military Academy on 30th January 1880. Its task was to provide higher professional education for officers.
Due to the insufficient number of registered candidates, it only started working in 1884. On 5th August 1884, the Minister of the Military, General Staff Colonel Jovan Praporčetović, issued a decree to open the Higher School of the Military Academy at the beginning of that school year.
The school admitted officers of the rank of second lieutenant or lieutenant (later also captain second class), of any branch of army, who applied having completed grammar school or eight-year preparatory grammar school (popularly known as "realka") or the Lower School of the Military Academy, and then served in the army for at least one year (for three years later) and were rated as well-trained officers. Candidates for the Higher School took the entrance exam. Officers over the age of 30 were not accepted for admission. In the entrance exam that year, Basic Tactics, Fortification, Geography of the Balkan Peninsula and Briefly That of the Neighbouring Provinces, as well as Trigonometry were tested.
The school lasted for two years. In the first year, the subjects included Strategy with a Brief Review of Some Wars, Tactics of Large Units (Operations), Modern Permanent Fortification with Urban Military, Military Statistics and the Geography of the Balkan Peninsula and the Neighbouring Countries, Basics of Higher Geodesy with Application to Cartography, French and German.
A student who, at the end of the first year, did not show satisfactory results (failed two or more subjects) was not allowed to continue his education in the second year. In the second year, the following subjects were studied: Strategy with a Brief Review of Some Wars, Tactics of Large Units (Operations), General Staff Affairs, Principles of State Administration With a Particular Focus on Military Administration and Its Organisation in Our Country, Principles of Political Economy and Statistics, Basics of International Law and Law of War, French and German.
The Higher School of the Military Academy was opened on 19th October 1884, and the opening ceremony was attended by King Milan Obrenović. In the first generation (1884/85 and 1886/87), which had a one-year break in education due to the Serbo-Bulgarian War, 18 cadets were enrolled and 17 cadets graduated, as one died in that war.