Quoting data of a 2011 census by the Central Statistical Office, the paper said that the educational attainment rate in the country was continually improving and the proportion of people learning a foreign language had also risen.

Whereas every third resident of Budapest has a degree, in the lowest achieving regions, Nógrád county in northern Hungary and Szabolcs- Szatmár-Bereg county in north-east Hungary, a third of residents has only got as far as eighth grade.

According to the latest data, altogether 15.5% of people across the country have a degree, and there are huge disparities between its various regions.

In the past decade, however, the proportion of those who do not possess school qualifications has dropped in every social group.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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