Project 2007-2009Villeneuve-sur-Lot - Kőszeg

Parádi VandaDéri Mónika

Hungarian Educational Hungarian Educational SystemSystem

Pre-primary education Nursery school (0-3 yrs)

Kindergarten (3-6/7 yrs)

-One compulsory year

Compulsory schooling (7-18 yrs) Language: Hungarian or bilingual (English, German or minority languages) Special schools for mentally handicapped Integrated education Public and private schools

Schoolyear: from September to June Autumn, winter and spring holiday Five working days, 4-8 lessons per

day 45-minute classes, 10-20 minute

breaks

A level can be repeated at any grade except for the first of elementary school

Free school choice

Primary schools (7-14 yrs)Junior section (7-10 yrs) 1st-3rd grade: only written analysis above: 1-5 numeric scale basic skillsSenior section (11-14 yrs) Hungarian, foreign language,

History, Maths, Science…

Secondary education (14-18/19/20 yrs)Grammar schools give general knowledge usually have a subject speciality 4 or 5 yearsSpecial: 6- or 8-year grammar

schools

Vocational training schools 4 years Vocational secondary school

certificate Opportunity to continue studies

at university

Apprenticeship schools 3-year training programs Skilled worker certificate Students go directly to employment They may attend college after an

additional secondary school program

Érettségi – final exam Two-tier system: mid- and upper-level Oral and written Taking some subjects earlier is

possible Compulsory: Hungarian grammar and

literature, Maths, History, one foreign language, another chosen subject

Higher education Complicated enrollment point-

system Colleges and universities Credit system three-tier education: BA or BSc,

Ma or MSc, Ph. D. Adult training

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