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The prominent British news outlet, The Telegraph, has published its ranking of foreign schools whose students have the best chance of getting into either Cambridge or Oxford University. Among them are Mihály Fazekas High School, a public school, and Milestone Institute, a private educational organization in Hungary.
The ranking is currently led by three schools from Singapore but the Hungarian institutions still top many others from countries such as China, Greece, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Malaysia, Gibraltar, and Lithuania.
“Previously, Hungarian students enrolled at Oxford and Cambridge achieved very good results mainly in real subjects, such as mathematics, computer science, and physics,” said György Greskovits, Head of Education at the Milestone Institute. He added that many students are also interested in Humanities too, and this year there were students who received offers to study classical philology, computer science, or even land economy. During its initial start back in 2010, there were 162 pupils from Milestone Institute, out of which 11 got into the world-leading universities.
György Greskovits also said that because of Brexit, many students had to change their tactics for choosing his or her higher education institute. He mentioned that since many British universities didn’t develop a scholarship program for EU students yet, some students have instead chosen universities in the USA where they will receive larger financial aid. As an alternative, many of them also applied to Belgian and Dutch universities.
The Head of Education added that their success at Milestone Institute lies in the freedom they give to their students in choosing their subjects and their alternative teaching style. “The point is about making them feel that learning is not compulsory, but a chosen path.” According to Greskovits, if we don’t take the decision out of the hands of students, that can be strong motivation.
Fazekas High School also has its own way of teaching despite being a public school. Talent development takes place partly in classes and partly in after-class groups. They organize them in a way that they not only learn from their teachers but also from their peers; they call this the “community talent development” method. They also pay attention in developing competencies such as working together on projects, making presentations in a foreign language, and the ability to debate.
In the featured photo the Mihály Fazekas High School. Photo by László Róka/MTVA
