The current practice within the Bosnian-Herzegovinian educational system indicates
inconsistencies in implementing intercultural and intracultural educational practices. They are
not even differentiated but rather equated. However, for the preservation of all the values that
Bosnia and Herzegovina embodies, it is necessary to preserve the unique BosnianHerzegovinian habitus, composed of all cultural traditions (Bosniak, Croatian, Serbian,
Jewish, Roma, and others), and this can only be achieved through intracultural education.
What needs to be done within the educational system is the introduction of the subject of course
“Intracultural education” in primary and secondary schools and the implementation of
intracultural policies through the ministries of education at the state, entity, and cantonal
levels, as well as intracultural education across all segments of society. This paper highl ights
the differences between intercultural and intracultural education and provides guidelines on
how to implement the necessary intracultural education policy. As a paradigm, some positive
practices within Bosnian-Herzegovinian culture and literature are presented, which can serve
as a good foundation for further action.
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