"The Government has striven to establish an education system that ensures every child in Hungary, no matter where they live, has the opportunity to study and make progress; a system that does not conserve the divide among the groups of society," he stated. He highlighted the introduction of ethics and religion lessons as well as daily physical education classes as important changes.

By putting the management of schools under the control of a central state institution, children in "every corner of the country" will gradually be provided with the same quality of education, the Prime Minister pointed out. Hungary, he said, has now reached a point where it can enter a phase of rational, economically sound wage increase.

First, the wages of public healthcare system employees were raised, and following the recent adoption of a related bill by Parliament, the wages of teachers have also been increased, he noted.

Source: Prime Minister’s Office