9-grade school in Hungary: public debate starts

According to the State Secretary of Public Education, the 9-grade is one of the possible good answers to the substantive strengthening of public education; its public debate can start after professional negotiations in the near future, hir24.hu said.

Judit Bertalan Czunyi emphasized at the professional school year opening conference: they completed the strengthening and profile cleaning of educational background institutions, as part of it, pedagogical educational centers were formed in spring and early summer.

These were added to the responsibility of the Office of Education, and now a single network has been developed – she said. The Secretary of State mentioned among the fundamental tasks the expansion of early childhood education, the prevention of school leaving with no qualification, reduction its ratio and she also spoke about the compulsory kindergarten which is compulsory for all three-year-old children.

Education register!

According to hir24.hu, Czunyi also noted at the event: for the increasing of the kindergarten’s role in creating opportunities, HUF 1.3 billion is available within the framework of the Human Resources Development Operational Program (EFOP).

Among the tasks of the emerging era, she highlighted the development of the institutions, methodology and the contents. Speaking the first, she mentioned the creation of the education register which helps ensure data transparency. Not a school type will be established, but they will help compensation handicap, the effective education of students and they will also be suitable to hold meaningful summer programs as well – the State Secretary of Public Education said.

She noted: 9-grade school is one of the correct answers to substantive strengthening; its public debate will start after professional negotiations in the near future.

The Secretary of State said, besides the modernization of public educational institutions and IT development, arts education, assessment and evaluation and tenders aimed at improving the pedagogical services are also planned.

based on the article of hir24.hu
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Source: http://www.hir24.hu