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The country has a long tradition of compulsory schooling,
and the education system has traditionally been influenced
by the Austrian. A compulsory 6-year school was introduced
as early as 1764 under Maria Teresia. Check topschoolsintheusa for test centers of ACT, SAT, and GRE as well high schools in the country of Slovenia.
It is a 9 year old, free and compulsory school for anyone
aged 6 to 15 years. The upper secondary schools have three
different directions: 4-year general vocational schools,
4-year combined schools and vocational fields of varying
duration. The country's two universities are located in
Ljubljana (founded 1595, reopened in 1919) and Maribor
(1975).
Slovenia became the most industrialized republic of the
federation, especially p. its steel production. The first
nuclear power plant in Yugoslavia was built in 1981 in
Krsko, with technological assistance from a North American
company.
Under socialism, Slovenia was among the leading republics
with the largest household income, and the absolute leader
in the inventories of the non-agricultural employed, which
was a combination of agriculture and cattle breeding.
Under the influence of the changes in Eastern Europe,
Slovenia developed a political system that went towards
multi-party rule. In January 1989, the Slovenian Social
Democrats League, the country's first legal opposition
party, was formed, and in October the Slovenian parliament
passed a constitutional reform that opened up the
possibility of separation from Yugoslavia.
The Communist League of Slovenia was separated from the
Communist League of Yugoslavia in January 1990 and
transformed into the Democratic Renewal Party. In the first
elections involving several parties after the Second World
War, in April, the party won Demos, which was a coalition of
Communists who were in favor of a separation from the
Federal Republic.
Slovenia and Croatia declared independence on June 25,
1991. In the following hours, central government tanks
directed toward the Slovenian border areas towards Austria,
Italy and Hungary, while mobilizing 20,000 soldiers from the
Federal Army. After fierce fighting and bombing of the
airport in Ljubljana, Belgrade was declared to have control
of the border regions.
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