Free language exam given to the examinees – Here are the details

Eduline.hu reports that Katalin Novák, the Minister of State for Family and Youth, announced an important decision of the government: language exams are going to be free from next year on, and it is not only the cost of the 1st exam that is going to be paid back by the state.

From 1 January 2018, the government is going to pay for the costs of the language exams for anyone under 35, even if the person already has one or more language exams. This is a significant change, because so far, it was rumored that only the 1st exam is going to be repaid.

How much is paid back?

The amount of money paid back by the government is equal to the cost of the language exam or the cost of the advanced-level school leaving exam in any language, but it can be 25% of the annual minimal wage at most.

If we want to work it out, the minimal wage next year is going to be 138,000 forint (around 460 euros). Thus, the quarter of it is 34,500 forint (115 euros) that is going to be repaid for the language exams.

This sum is a bit higher than the cost of the most popular language exams. Let’s check them out.

The costs of a B2 (intermediate) complex language exam are the following at different language centers:

• TELC                     32,000 forint (107 euros)
• ECL                        28,000 forint (94 euros)
• Euroexam            31,000 forint (103 euros)
• ELTE Origó          28,000 forint (93 euros)
• BME                       27,500 forint (92 euros)