1.8 million pupils receive education within the school system

In the 2020/2021 school-year 1 million 812 thousand children and young people participate in the different levels of initial, vocational and tertiary education in Hungary. There are 322.7 thousand children going to kindergarten, 729.3 thousand pupils to primary schools, and 469.5 thousand students to secondary schools. 2.5 thousand severely and multiply disabled children fulfil their compulsory school attendance in the developmental education. At tertiary institutions 287.9 thousand students continue their studies.

Fewer participants in full-time initial and vocational education and more participants in tertiary education

The number of kindergarten children is 322.7 thousand, which is nearly 8 thousand less than in the previous school-year. Similarly to the previous school-years, there are 31.0 thousand kindergarten teachers in main job.

A total of 725.8 thousand pupils participate in full-time education at primary schools, 5.4 thousand more than in the previous school-year. At present, 75.2 thousand teachers in main job are employed in primary schools. The student-teacher ratio is 9.7 at national level.

The number of students in full-time secondary education fell to 398.3 thousand by 12.5 thousand compared to the 2019/2020 school-year. The headcount increased in secondary general schools and decreased in other types of secondary school, compared to the previous school-year. There are 191.5 thousand pupils attending secondary general schools, 143.2 thousand students in technicums and vocational grammar schools, 56.6 thousand pupils in vocational training schools, and – similarly to previous school-years - almost 7 thousand pupils in vocational schools and special skills development schools. The number of students attending vocational training schools decreased by 9 thousand (by nearly 14%) compared to the previous school-year; however, new training possibilities have also been launched for students after the completion of primary school (e.g.Preparatory Year, Springboard Class). While the number of students going to technicums and vocational grammar schools decreased by 6 thousand compared to the previous school-year, over 3 percentage points more students were admitted to the 9th grade than a year earlier. In the 2020/2021 school-year, nearly 81 thousand students were admitted to the 9th grade; 42.1% of them started the school-year in technicums, 35.8% in secondary general schools, 20.3% in vocational training schools and 1.8% in vocational schools and special skills development schools. The number of teachers in main job in secondary educational institutions amounts to 40.2 thousand persons, of which nearly the same number of teachers in main job (18.6 thousand) are employed in secondary general schools as a year earlier, and at present 21.6 thousand teachers work in other types of secondary school.

A total of 2.5 thousand severely and multiply disabled students and 433 teachers in main job participate in developmental education.

In the 2020/2021 school-year, 93.7 thousand children and pupils with special educational needs (SEN) participate in the initial and vocational education, similarly to the previous school-year.

A total of 204.8 thousand students study full-time in tertiary educational institutions, 1.2 thousand persons more than in the previous academic year. Concerning the total headcount, 187.4 thousand, over 91% of the students study in tertiary undergraduate (BA/BSc), postgraduate (MA/MSc) or undivided training. A total of 8.9 thousand students participate in PhD training, 8.0 thousand in tertiary vocational programmes, and nearly 500 students in postgraduate specialisation.

Regarding all work schedules, the number of foreign students has decreased to a small extent, by 400 to 38.1 thousand over the past year.

Fewer participants in secondary adult education, but more students in part-time tertiary education

In the 2020/2021 school-year, nearly 75 thousand students participate in primary and secondary adult education, 14 thousand less than a year earlier. At present, 3.5 thousand adults participate in primary school and 71.1 thousand in secondary education.

In this academic year, over 83 thousand adults have chosen part-time forms of tertiary education, 1.6 thousand persons more than in the previous academic year. Most of them participate in correspondence courses (75.3 thousand), the fewest in evening classes (3.7 thousand), and the number of those participating in distance learning exceeds 4 thousand.

More students pass the final examination at secondary level and the vocational examination

In 2020 a total of 67.5 thousand pupils passed the final examination at secondary level in full-time and adult education. The number of pupils having passed the vocational examination exceeded 49 thousand. Considering both exam types, a slight increase could be observed (500 and 200 persons) compared to the previous year.

In 2020 over 114 thousand former students receive their diploma thanks to the exemption from language exam requirements

As part of the Economy Protection Action Plan introduced in March, persons having passed the final examination by 31 August 2020 are exempted from the language examination requirements specified as a precondition for the issuance of the diploma. Thanks to this measure, until December 2020, more than 123 thousand former students were entitled to get their certificate, of which over 114 thousand persons have already received their diploma. Almost half of the diplomas issued up to present have been picked up by former students of 7 institutions (University of Debrecen [12 thousand persons], Szent István University [8 thousand persons], University of Pécs [8 thousand persons], Eötvös Loránd University [8 thousand persons], University of Szeged [7 thousand persons], Széchenyi István University [6 thousand persons] and University of Nyíregyháza [6 thousand persons].

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Táblák (STADAT):
2.6. Education
2.6. Education (1960–)
6.2. Education

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