Hungary Education Crisis: Growing Shortage of Specialized Teachers The number of teachers teaching subjects which they are not specifically qualified for in schools around Hungary has increased severely... 2022.05.13.
Teachers’ Union’s Open Letter to PM Orbán: “We need an independent Education Ministry” The Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) has written an open letter to "Hungary's next Prime Minister," Viktor Orbán, in... 2022.04.26.
Teachers Announce Photo Montage Campaign to Draw Attention to Lack of Young Colleagues More and more people are retiring from teaching, far outnumbering those entering the profession. Teachers’ Union PDSZ and the website... 2022.04.22.
Possible Teachers’ Strike in September over ‘Ridiculous Salaries’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke, among other things, about salary increases for teachers at his international press conference last Wednesday.... 2022.04.12.
Gov’t Not Planning to Negotiate with Teachers’ Unions Until after Elections The government does not want to negotiate with teachers' unions until after the elections. However, the unions will continue to... 2022.03.22.
Teachers Hold Demonstration in Budapest Speakers at a teachers' "checkered shirt" demonstration in front of the parliament building on Saturday stressed that the right to... 2022.03.20.
Opposition: Govt ‘Pushed Teachers to the Brink of Subsistence Crisis’ In the past 12 years, the government has "humiliated teachers and pushed them to the brink of a subsistence crisis,"... 2022.03.17.
Students Demonstrate in Support of Striking Teachers After a two-hour warning strike on January 31, teachers across the country went on indefinite strike on March 16. Many... 2022.03.17.
Gov’t to Teachers: “Now is not the time to strike” Hungary's government agrees with the demands of teachers, but 87 percent of teachers agree that now is not the time... 2022.03.17.
Teachers’ Indefinite Strike Begins An indefinite teachers' strike organized by several unions began in Hungary at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Teachers have been trying... 2022.03.16.
Teachers Union Calls on Gov’t to Negotiate Demands Concerning Wages and Workload The PDSZ teacher union, which has formed a strike committee, on Wednesday called on the government to negotiate its demands... 2022.03.10.
Teachers in Christian Schools Join Civil Disobediance Movement and Protests After more and more teachers started protesting, first in Budapest, then in other cities in the country, now teachers in... 2022.03.02.
Teachers’ Civil Disobedience Continues, More and More Join Across Country On Tuesday, more schools than ever before joined teachers in their 'civil disobedience,' now in its second week, over a... 2022.02.22.
Teachers Practice ”Civil Disobedience” in Several High Schools After their latest strike did not make a difference, and after the government made striking more and more difficult for... 2022.02.18.
Teachers on Strike Against New Strike Mandate Teachers from several high schools in Budapest are holding a strike against the government's new mandate which makes it difficult... 2022.02.15.
New Gov’t Decree Makes Teachers’ Strike Almost Impossible and Pointless On Friday, the government issued a decree in their official gazette, Magyar Közlöny, about how childcare has to be organized... 2022.02.14.
Hungary’s Teachers’ Unions Prepare for Full-Day Strike Hungary’s two largest teachers' unions, announced an indefinite teachers' strike beginning from 16 March, RTL reports. The Democratic Trade Union... 2022.02.10.
Press Roundup: Teachers Launch Warning-Strike A left-wing commentator accuses the government of ignoring the legitimate demands of teachers and trying to limit their right to... 2022.02.01.
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.
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.
