← Back to homePrva bošnjačka gimnazija
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · State
Illustration · Sarajevo
Prva bošnjačka gimnazija is a state gymnasium in the centre of Sarajevo that joins the cantonal gymnasium plan to the Cambridge programme and describes itself as a school whose education rests on the cultural heritage and language of the Bosniak people; its motto is "Compete in goodness". A Cambridge international centre has worked at the school since 2005, and in 2012 the school was given the status of a Cambridge International School. There are three curricula. Curriculum A is the ordinary gymnasium in the mother tongue with four elective streams. Curriculum B is meant for local pupils: the Cambridge subjects are taught in English and the reduced Curriculum A subjects in the mother tongue, Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian. Curriculum C is meant for foreign nationals living in the country and is taught wholly in English: IGCSE in the first and second year, AS and A Level in the third and fourth. In the fourth year those who take English Language at AS Level are excused the ordinary English course. The school is funded from the budget and co-funded by the Ministry of Education of Sarajevo Canton, so it charges no tuition. Outside lessons there are 24 clubs and a separate programme for those who go to competitions.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, English
Admissions Admission to Curriculum A and Curriculum B follows the decision on the criteria for admission to the first year of secondary schools of Sarajevo Canton, and enrolment is run by the cantonal Ministry of Education through its online system. Curriculum C is meant for foreign nationals living in Bosnia and Herzegovina who speak English: an entrance examination in English and mathematics must be passed and an interview with the school staff completed. The school publishes sample papers in advance: 10 to 15 minutes are given for English and an hour for mathematics. The documents are the report for the previous year, a citizenship certificate, a birth certificate and an application form. A place at an examination date is booked by email giving the full name, date of birth, nationality and contact details.
Stages and year groups A four-year gymnasium with three curricula. Curriculum A is the cantonal gymnasium plan in the mother tongue with an added ten per cent of the school's own content; by the first of May in the second year a pupil chooses one of four elective streams: languages, social sciences, mathematics and computing or natural sciences. Curriculum B is the Cambridge subjects in English together with the reduced Curriculum A subjects in the mother tongue. Curriculum C is the Cambridge programme alone, in English. Year examinations are sat at the end of the first, second and third year, a group seminar paper is written in the second year, a project is carried out in the third and an individual paper is defended in the fourth.
Address Petrakijina 22, 71000 Sarajevo
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · accreditationIn the Cambridge register the school is listed as an international centre that also accepts private candidates. In its own words, the international examinations department of the University of Cambridge registered a Cambridge international centre at the school in 2005, and in 2012 the status was raised to Cambridge International School. The Cambridge line gives IGCSE in the first and second year and AS and A Level in the third and fourth. According to the school, every inspection by Cambridge Assessment International Education ended with the grade "outstanding" for it.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. The accreditation was first granted in 2005. At this school: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school does not publish the Cambridge examination results as figures. Each leaving year is marked with separate awards: the special Safija Oković recognition is given for the best IGCSE and AS results, and a separate award for the best results in Curriculum C. At the leaving ceremony of the twenty-seventh year of the gymnasium and the eighteenth year of the Cambridge International School on 17 June 2025 two pupils were named pupils of the year, one from Curriculum A and one from Curriculum B, 11 people were named prides of the year, 8 pupils received the recognition of the teaching council and 15 were marked out for their work on projects.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓LaboratoriesTwo computer rooms with internet access.
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓LibraryA school library with a stock of textbooks: the Cambridge textbooks are lent to pupils for the two-year cycle.
✓CateringA school restaurant with prepared meals that meet the nutrition standards.
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A building on Petrakijina street in the centre of Sarajevo, with a personal locker for every pupil.
Clubs and activities (24): Debating · School public speaking competition · Winter debating camp · Negotiation league · Programme for competitors with scholarships and special sessions
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTVThe building has video surveillance, a security alarm and a fire alarm.
✓Security staffA uniformed guard is on duty at the entrance during the day.
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 Value for money (6%) scored at the median90 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
The score is counted from 7 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
The full methodology → Similar schools in the country