Booster Jabs Conditional for Vaccination Certificate from February 15 From February 15th, Hungarians will only be eligible for a vaccination certificate if they have received the third, booster jab... 2022.01.13.
Problems May Arise from Forced Time Off for Unvaccinated Teachers Since Monday, unvaccinated teachers have been not allowed to work, since the government has made it a compulsory requirement. As... 2022.01.04.
Gov’t: Only 1% of Public School Teachers Suspended for Refusing Vaccination Altogether 94 percent of Hungary's public school teachers are vaccinated against the coronavirus, with 1 percent having refused to get... 2022.01.03.
Unvaccinated Teachers to Go on Unpaid Leave: What Will Happen to Education? From 3 January, teachers who have not been vaccinated by 30 December will be on unpaid leave, the Ministry of... 2021.12.22.
Coronavirus: More Than 3,000 Teachers Oppose Mandatory Vaccination According to a new survey, several thousand teachers in Hungary do not want to be vaccinated, so they will lose... 2021.11.30.
Only Parents with Immunity Certificate Allowed to Enter Schools from December Rules of entry to schools will be tightened from December 1st, according to a recent decision by human resources minister,... 2021.11.26.
One Fifth of Unvaccinated Teachers Still Against Jabs Despite Risk of Losing Job So far, almost 19 percent of teachers who have not been vaccinated do not want to receive the vaccine, according... 2021.11.18.
Local Teachers to Protest Against Compulsory Vaccination A group of teachers in the southern Hungarian city of Mohács is organizing a demonstration against compulsory vaccination, as they... 2021.11.17.
Coronavirus: Rapidly Rising Numbers in Elementary Schools, State-Financed Testing Becomes More Difficult In Hungary, the fourth wave of the coronavirus has so far mainly affected elementary schools, forcing some to quarantine classes... 2021.10.20.
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.
