The Skanderbeg Military High School (Albanian: Shkollës së Mesme Ushtarake “Skënderbej), nicknamed as the Army Nursery[1] was a military boarding school of the Albanian People's Army of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
[4] On 28 March 1945, the "School of War Pioneers" was opened in Tirana, following the Liberation of Albania the previous November.
[4] In an interview given by President Sali Berisha, he declared that the reason he ordered the closure of the school was because "It is inhumane to educate children in adolescence with such a Spartan discipline.
[1] Most teachers studied in Italy, Austria, the Soviet Union and Germany, as well as domestic institutions such as the University of Tirana.
[1] Skanderbegians have been distinguished in their participation in concerts, military parades, olympiads and demonstrations.