Pioneers of Enver
The Pioneers of Enver was a pioneer movement functioning in Albania during its communist period. Formed as Debatik, an acronym for United Boys of Communist Ideas on 10 February 1942, the movement continued as Organization of Pioneers. After the Second World War, it was supervised by the Labour Youth Union of Albania, the youth wing of the Party of Labour of Albania.
History
The organization started as Debatik, an acronym for United Boys of Communist Ideas on 10 February 1942, and continued as Organization of Pioneers after World War II. In 1985, after the death of the communist leader Enver Hoxha, it was renamed as Pioneers of Enver. It effectively ended with the fall of communism in Albania in 1991.The association created activities for children up to 14 years old, was in charge of the summer Pioneer camps of Albania, organised the pioneers palaces and their yearly national music, language, literature, and painting competitions, and published two magazines, the scientific Horizonti, and the two, more generalistic, Pionieri, for ages 8–14.
The organisation affected the school life and academic development of children. Children, at their 8th or 9th year of age, needed to say an admission pledge in order to be accepted in the organization. The organisation within a school would hold elections among them to choose the children school leaders.