2. Datas of Hungarian Education
Primary languages Hungarian
System type Central
Literacy(2003)
Total 99.4
Male 99.5
Female 99.3
Enrollment (2011) Children Teachers
Total 1,653,562 133,279(female:114,920!)
Kindergarten 341,198 30,399
Primary 747,364 72,481
Secondary 565,000 47,852
Post secondary 421,000
3. About the language
• The official language of instruction is
Hungarian, but a number of ethnic and
national minorities (e.g. German, Romanian, Sl
ovene, Serb) in educational institutions use
their own languages as first or second
language at primary and secondary level of
teaching.
5. The system
• Education in Hungary is compulsory from the age of 6
to 16.
• Attending kindergarten is compulsory only from the
age of 5: during the last year at
kindergarten, children are prepared for school.
• Children start primary school when they reach school-maturity,
usually in the year in which they have their
6th birthday (7th if they were born after May 31).
6. A kindergarten
School-based programme
for children aged 3–7.
Includes basic skills
development, pre-reading,
drawing, singing,
and school preparation.
7. Basic education: primary school
Generally
Basic education in
Hungary is provided by
the general (primary)
school, during two
cycles of 4 years.
Children attend general
(primary) school up to
the age of 16, after
which they have to
choose another school.
Most of teachers are women
8. General school primary level, Grades
1-4.
Subjects:
• Maths
• Hungarian Literature,
Grammar
• Science
• Music
• P.E.
• I.C.T
• Art
• Craft
• Foreign Language
9. Compulsory number of lessons in a
school year Grades 1-4
Subject Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
Hungarian 296 296 277,5 259
Maths 148 148 129,5 111
I.C.T. 18,5
Science 37 37 18,5
Foreign
111
language
Music 37 37 55,5 55,5
Art 55,5 55,5 55,5 55,5
Craft 37 37 37 37
P.E. 111 111 111 111
Free 18,5 18,5 - -
Altogether 740 740 740 832
10. General school primary level, Grades
5-8.
Subjects
• Literature, Grammar
• Maths
• Music
• Art
• Physical education,
• Biology (from 7th grade)
• Geography (from 7th
grade)
• History (from 5th grade)
• Physics (from 7th grade)
• Chemistry (from 7th
grade)
• Foreign language: English,
German, French-before
1990 Russian was
compulsory
• ICT
11. Compulsory number of lessons in a
school year Grades 5-8
Subject Class 5 Class 6 Class 7 Class 8
Hungarian 148 148 148 148
Maths 148 111 111 111
I.C.T. 18,5
History 55 55 74 74
Science 37 37 Chem.:55 Chem.:55
Geo.:55
Biol.:55
Physics:55
Geogr.:55
Biol.:55
Physics:55
Foreign
language
111 111 111 111
Music 37 37 37 37
Art/Craft 37/37 37/37 37/37 37/37
P.E. 111 111 111 111
Altogether 832 832 925 925
12. Changes
• There will be many changes in the new law on
educational system in Hungary, we are waiting
for it. e.g. P.E. every day-this year in grades 1
and 5
• From January the government will conduct
the shools in every respect: e.g. who what will
teach, the person of headmaster-until now it
was the right of the local authorities.
13. After Primary School
• Secondary education
usually lasts for 4 years.
In gimnáziums it can also
last for 5, 6 or 8 years
depending on how many
years the student spent in
primary school. After the
8th grade of primary school
the student goes to 9th
grade, which is actually the
1st year of secondary
school.
14. Secondary schools
1. grammal school or non-vocational;
prepares
students for higher
education; teaches at least
2 foreign languages
2. technical or vocational
school you can get a job
here and it also prepares for
higher education
3. vocational school for the
weaker stundents- it gives
only a job
• After finishing secondary
school, students take a school-leaving
final exam. This
consists of exams on five
subjects: written exam in
mathematics, oral and written
exams in literature and
grammar, a foreign
language, history, and written
and/or oral exam in a subject
of the student's choice. These
exams also serve as an entry
exam to universities and
colleges.
15. Higher Education
• Higher education is divided
betweencolleges and universities. College
education generally lasts for 5 years, while
university education lasts for 5 to 6 or more
years depending on the course undertaken.
University PhD courses usually take 3 years to
complete.
