Between 1864 and the beginning of the ninth decade of the 19th century, the Romanian state had founded dozens of Romanian schools in Greece, at the request of the Aromanians established there. The teachers' salaries, the textbooks as well as the teaching materials were fully subsidised by the Romanian governments in Bucharest. The independence gained by the United Principalities together with the proclamation of Romania as a kingdom accelerated the process of establishment of new primary

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... , as well as higher level schools. Consequently, the Romanian Gymnasium in Bitola (Monastir) was founded in 1881; between 1885-1887 the school in Krushevo had gymnasium classes while the Romanian Gymnasium in Ioannina opened its gates in 1887, with its own boarding school prividing accommodation for 20 students, whose scholarships were supported by the Romanian government.The opening of the Highschool (1881) and the Pedagogical School for girls (1883) in Bitola (Monastir) and of the Commercial Highschool in Thessaloniki (1895) marked a qualitative leap in the educational process of the Aromanians established south of the Danube.