Raqi Qirinxhi High School () is a three-year

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in the town of

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. It is one of the few schools in Albania where in some of the classes students learn French as first language and in some others the students learn Italian. In 2015 a new soccer, basketball, volleyball and tennis field was added to the school as part of the Community Schools Project. It was called

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from 1917 to 1939.

History

The Raqi Qirinxhi High School's history starts with the Lyceum of Korça. The Lyceum opened its doors on 25 October 1917 as the French Lyceum with the decision of the government of the Autonomous Region of Korçë. In 1921 it was renamed to National Lyceum. It was a secular school where all the subjects were in the French language with the exception of the Albanian language. During

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, many students of the school joined the youth ranks of the Communist Party of Albania. Following this activity, the

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closed the school. As a result of this decision, which many students found unjust, 150 of them joined the ranks of the Albanian liberation movement after a meeting in Voskopoje. Overall, 384 students of the school joined the liberation movement, out of which 54 died while fighting the

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and

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enemies. Three of them have been declared People's Heroes of Albania by the Albanian government for extraordinary acts of bravery. After 1944, the re-opened school was named after former alumnus and teacher Raqi Qirinxhi, People's Teacher of Albania. Nowadays Raqi Qirinxhi High School is one of the highest ranking high schools of Albania. In 2015 it had a coefficient of 1.4. It is one of the few schools in Albania where in some of the classes students learn French as the first language.

Athletics

In 2015 a new soccer, basketball, volleyball and tennis field was added to the school as part of the Community School Project. Terrenisportiv

The school also has an inside soccer field which is used in winter. It is also used for vote-counting in election years.

Architecture

It is a four floor building with a museum, library, soccer field etc.

References

External links

Raqi Qirinxhi website
Educational institutions established in 1917 Secondary schools in Albania Buildings and structures in Korçë 1917 establishments in Albania Schools in Korçë {{Albania-school-stub