State Secretary: Ready, Set, Go for Secondary School Exams Everything is in place for final secondary school exams to start on Monday, according to the state secretary in charge... 2021.04.30.
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.
Reduced School Reopening Still Meets Strong Opposition In the second phase of reopening, kindergartens and the lower grades of elementary schools will reopen on Monday. Although the... 2021.04.16.
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.
Gov’t to Start Vaccination of Teachers Next Week After the government announced that public education employees will be given priority in the vaccination plan, many details remained unclear.... 2021.03.26.
Coronavirus: Secondary School Final Exams Can be Held Safely in Spring, says State Secretary Final exams in Hungary's secondary schools could be safely held in the spring provided that current precautionary measures are maintained,... 2021.02.09.
Coronavirus: Rules, Dates of School-leaving Exams Unchanged, says State Secretary The government has no plans to change the rules or dates related to school-leaving exams scheduled from mid-May to June,... 2021.01.13.
Coronavirus: Operative Board Recommends Extending Digital Education The operative body responsible for handling the coronavirus epidemic has proposed to the government the extension of digital education in... 2021.01.07.
School’s Out for December? Teachers Union Wants Immediate Winter Break to Protect Life Last week, the first round of targeted mass screening concluded with 73% of the primary school teachers tested, out of... 2020.12.07.
After Massive Demands from Teachers, Gov’t Changes to Partial Digital Education In order to slow down the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just announced strict restrictions which... 2020.11.09.
Coronavirus: 40,000 Digital Thermometers Sent to Schools The government has provided 40,000 digital thermometers to schools nationwide to ensure that children's temperatures are checked on arrival, the... 2020.10.01.
Coronavirus: Five More Schools Suspend Teaching, Eight Switch to Digital Education Another five educational institutions have suspended classroom teaching due to coronavirus, and a further eight is switching to digital education,... 2020.09.07.
Coronavirus: 6 Schools and 4 Nurseries Suspend Classroom Teaching Out of Hungary's 6,000 educational institutions, four nurseries and six schools have suspended classroom teaching due to coronavirus, the state... 2020.09.06.
All Public School Students to be Eligible for Free Textbooks from September All 1.2 million students in Hungary's public school system will be provided textbooks free of charge starting from the coming... 2020.08.04.
Gov’t Considers Reintroducing Distance Learning In Case of Second Wave of Pandemic After the surge of coronavirus cases in several European countries and experts expecting a possible second wave of the virus... 2020.07.15.
Gov’t Reveals New Details about School Security Guard Service In an interview with pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet, Zoltán Maruzsa revealed several important details about the soon-to-be established school security... 2020.06.17.
Distance Learning Concludes with Extra Efforts by Families and Gained Digital Experience Like other European countries, Hungary decided back in March to close public schools and introduce remote digital learning in order... 2020.06.15.
Coronavirus: Schools Can Open for Consultations from June 2 Schools will keep up digital education methods for the remainder of the term, but will be allowed to organise consultations... 2020.05.21.
Coronavirus Peak: Heated Debate Still Ongoing Over Holding Graduation Exams Next Week As an increasing number of predictions (even those of the government) estimated the peak of the coronavirus epidemic outbreak around... 2020.04.27.
Coronavirus: Epidemic Peak May Change Graduation Exam Dates Secondary school matriculation examinations are held every year at the beginning of May. However, this year it is also affected... 2020.04.21.
Coronavirus: Teacher Unions Demand Apology from Education Official Five teacher unions have demanded an apology from the state secretary of public education, Zoltán Maruzsa, for likening, in a... 2020.04.20.
