The government is successful in reducing the number of graduates in Hungary

This trend worsens Hungary’s fallback in Europe. In fact, Hungary is only preceded by Romania and Italy in the EU where the

rate of graduates is the lowest.

Poorer students have almost no chance

This is because the Fidesz government changed the most fundamental aims of education. Firstly, they pumped out a large amount of money from the sector. Secondly, they raised the score limits, so it is harder to receive a state-financed place at a university. Thirdly, the government implemented several other measures in order to close the gates of the universities before non-elite students.

According to a recently published research, the government reached its goal. The number of university students decreases faster than the demographic decline in Hungary would explain. To make matters worse, it hinders social inclusion that enrolment in a higher education program has become more difficult for poorer students. For example, the government transformed the Corvinus University of Budapest from a state-supported institution to a foundation supported one. Thus, from 2019 autumn on there will

only be fee-paying places

at the biggest economics university of Hungary.

Finally, the exodus of the young and well-educated Hungarian workforce towards Western-European countries also worsens the qualification statistics.

Source: g7.hu