Commissioner Launches Inquiry into Child Safety in Schools To prevent future abuses of children's rights, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Ákos Kozma, has launched an ex-officio comprehensive inquiry... 2023.02.28.
Hungarian School Children in Ukraine to Get Financial Help The "Hungarian in the Homeland" program will be expanded, and as the first step, Hungarian children in Ukraine attending Hungarian... 2023.01.20.
Disposable E-cig Elf Bar becoming Popular among Youngsters in Hungary, Raising Issues An increasing number of Hungarian teenagers are now smoking Elf Bars, a disposable e-cigarette, several recent press reports confirm. Although... 2022.06.13.
Educational Performance of Hungarian Students Shows Marked Improvement The educational performance of Hungarian students has considerably strengthened in recent years, according to a recent report by the Eötvös... 2022.06.07.
Hungary Ensures Schooling for Ukrainian Children – But How Will It Work? The Hungarian government is offering schooling to minors fleeing from Ukraine to Hungary, the Human Resources Ministry announced on Wednesday.... 2022.03.27.
Covid School Closures May Set Back Future Salaries of Today’s Students for Decades School closures introduced as a result of the coronavirus will affect employment prospects for decades and significantly reduce expected wages,... 2022.02.20.
Teachers’ Warning Strike Concludes in Hungary with More Than 20,000 Taking Part Hungary’s two largest teachers' unions, the Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) and the Teachers' Union (PSZ), held a two-hour... 2022.01.31.
HR Ministry Deems Monday’s Teachers’ Strike ‘Illegal’ The Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) has told unions that a strike planned by teachers on Monday would be illegal... 2022.01.29.
Teaching in Hundreds of Schools May Be Halted on Monday Due to Strike Two lessons will be dropped from schoolchildren's timetables on Monday, as the two biggest teacher's unions are organizing a nationwide... 2022.01.28.
After Death of Child, Experts Call for Injection to Be Broadly Available for Allergy-Suffering Students The AllerGéniusz association proposes to make life-saving injections available in Hungarian schools in the future in order to save the... 2022.01.25.
Omicron Spreading Quickly, More and More Schools Affected More and more schools and kindergartens are reporting that they have to close classes or groups or "hybridize" them because... 2022.01.20.
Teachers to Hold General Strike after Gov’t ‘Fails to Address Neglected Conditions’ Since the government "has failed to effectively address public education's neglected conditions," teachers will go on a general strike in... 2022.01.20.
Number of Teachers Entering Profession Has Fallen by Two Thirds in Just a Few Years The number of people starting their profession in education has drastically decreased, figures of the Ministry of Human Resources show.... 2022.01.18.
Uni Students Offered to Take Place of Teachers Who Refuse Vaccination Teacher's unions say that several vaccinated students are being offered teaching positions that have become available because of the unvaccinated... 2022.01.10.
Opposition Promises Wage Hikes for Teachers Opposition parties on Thursday promised to implement a one-time large-scale wage hike and wage supplements for teachers should the opposition... 2021.12.31.
Govt, Catholic Church Sign Deal on Higher Education Institutions Run by Church The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference (HCBC) and the government have signed an agreement on higher education institutions run by the... 2021.12.24.
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.
Ministry of Human Resources: “Teacher’s Strike Campaign of the Left” The Ministry of Human Resources (EMMI) responded to the announcement of a warning strike by the Teachers' Trade Union (PSZ)... 2021.12.17.
Teacher’s Unions Call for Warning Strike in January "Today we participated in a farce- we would like to wave black flags, but instead we light candles and call... 2021.12.16.
Teacher’s Unions Announce Strike after “Unacceptable” Pay Raise Offer by Gov’t While talks are still ongoing, the government has already announced an increase in teacher's salaries by 10% next year through... 2021.12.06.
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.
