KSH: Teacher Shortage at Record Levels The number of job vacancies in the education sector has reached a new record high, according to recent data from... 2021.09.18.
Coronavirus: 185,000 Students Vaccinated Some 185,000 students have been inoculated against Covid-19 in Hungary over the summer, and another 50,000 have registered for the... 2021.09.02.
Press Roundup: School Year Kicks Off with Partisan Debates A left-wing commentator accuses the government of ignoring the threat of coronavirus by not introducing any restrictions in classrooms. A... 2021.09.02.
Teacher Shortage in Hungary to Spiral Out of Control in a Few Years With the start of the school year, there is always more focus on the problem of the teacher shortage in... 2021.09.01.
Finance Minister: Education Spending and Family Support Tripled since 2010 Government funding for public education and family support has tripled since 2010, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said at the inauguration... 2021.08.31.
Gov’t Prepares for In-Person Public Education Despite Hungary Nearing Fourth Covid Wave Hungary's school year will begin again on September first. While some experts warn that the beginning of the school year... 2021.08.27.
Thousands of Reported Teaching Vacancies in Public Education, Gov’t ‘Not Worried’ In recent years, more and more people have been sounding the alarm about the rising teacher shortage in Hungary. The... 2021.08.12.
Press Roundup: Govt’s Referendum Initiative to Support Its ’Child Protection Law’ A pro-government commentator argues that the referendum and the law it serves to support are intended to defend children from... 2021.07.30.
Two Hungarian Schools Among World’s Top 20 The prominent British news outlet, The Telegraph, has published its ranking of foreign schools whose students have the best chance... 2021.06.27.
Teachers’ Day: MSZP and LMP Pledge to Raise Teachers’ Wages After Elections The opposition Socialist and LMP parties have pledged to increase wages and link teachers' salaries to the minimum wage in... 2021.06.07.
Orbán Addresses Letter of Thanks to Teachers Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter of thanks to Hungarian teachers for the work they have done over... 2021.06.07.
Hungarians in Digital Classrooms to Get Free Internet in May The government is extending free landline internet service to students and teachers learning online because of pandemic restrictions through May,... 2021.05.01.
First Day of Schools Reopening Sees 25-40% of Students Opting to Stay Home The lower grades of primary schools (grades 1-4) and kindergartens opened on the 19th of April. According to the decision... 2021.04.20.
Opposition Calls on Gov’t to Withdraw Decision on School Reopening Six opposition parties issued a joint statement calling on the government to withdraw a decision to reopen schools and kindergarten... 2021.04.16.
PM Orbán: Hungary to Be Among First Three Countries to Have Vanquished Pandemic Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday called on Hungarians to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying vaccination was a matter... 2021.04.16.
Schools to Reopen in Hungary Next Monday, Heated Debate Continues The debate on the reopening of schools in Hungary continues. Although Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced last week that secondary... 2021.04.12.
Gov’t Delays Opening Secondary Schools After Teachers and Parents Start to Rebel After the government announced that it would reopen schools on April 19th, tremendous resistance from teachers, students, and parents formed... 2021.04.09.
PM Orbán: 4 Million Shots by Early May The number of Hungarians who have received their first vaccine shot will have reached 4 million by early May, Prime... 2021.04.09.
Coronavirus – Orbán: Hungary ‘Heading for Freedom’ By April 13, the number of Hungarians inoculated against Covid-19 could reach 3 million, "allowing a new opportunity for people... 2021.04.02.
Orbán: Restrictions Could Only Slow Down Covid, Vaccination Only Way to Stop Virus Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said late on Wednesday that vaccination was the only way to stop the coronavirus epidemic, adding... 2021.04.01.
Vaccination of Teachers to Start Soon, but Many Consider Hasty School Reopening Dangerous Following the government’s decision to give priority to public education workers in the vaccination plan and to reopen schools and... 2021.03.31.
