IT experts needed in Hungary

As Daily News Hungary has already reported, more and more Hungarian students enroll in IT courses. However, there is still great need for IT experts; at least 22,000 jobs are not filled in Hungary and 800,000 in the European Union. Fortunately, the government knows about the problem and tries to help with funding special education programs. Experts say that informatics education needs flexibility, less maths, and more English – according to a report by Magyar Nemzet.

Most IT experts should not be mathematicians

Allegedly, PM Viktor Orbán personally deals with the problem of few IT experts hindering Hungarian economic growth. Perhaps this is why Ministry for National Economy announced a 2.5 billion forints (EUR 7.95M) support for education programs in IT . Moreover, the number of students studying IT in Hungarian higher education increased in 2017. However,

only 5% of jobs require strong mathematical skills

– according to a survey conducted by Codecool, a company specialized in coder education. 80% of the companies search for software developers in the first place, and mobile applications developers in the second. None of these need strong maths skills required for a degree in Hungary. Thus, according to Gábor Bonyhádi, marketing director of Codecool

it is problematic that only higher education provides mass education in IT.

Teaching IT needs flexibility

While there is an equal need for frontend and backend colleagues, IT experts with a hard-won degree are unwilling to work in frontend positions, because they regard it inferior. Moreover, companies have to enroll their employees in internal education programs first. This is because the