Gymnázium Jura Hronca
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Gymnázium Jura Hronca (GJH) is a gymnasium (high school) specialized in computer programming located in Bratislava, Slovakia.
GJH was founded by Jur Hronec on January 9, 1959. The first principal was Mr Juraj Svarc. The school focused on education in mathematics and physics, later in 1994 the computing laboratory has been built and programming became the main focus of the school.
Nowadays, GJH runs from 4 to 6 classes in each grade, and 2 grades of students with IB Diploma curriculum (11th and 12th grade). In the school year 2004/2005, an English bilingual class for studying social science and surveying Roma ethnic problems has been opened.
In the school year 2005/2006, GJH launched lower programs of IB, Primary years program (PYP) and Middle years program (MYP).
The school has been recently known as the "Spojená škola Gymnázium Jura Hronca a ZŠ Košická" (United school of the Gymnázium Jura Hronca and the Košická Primary School) after a merge with the primary school Základná škola a osemročné gymnázium Košická sharing the same building.
