Gémesi said MOSZ decided to call the forum because after “admitting that [state school manager] Klik had failed, the government has not made any proposals” that would bring about meaningful change in the education system.

Last week the government announced that Klik in its current form would be scrapped in the summer and replaced by a new, far less centralised system.

Gémesi said that MOSZ and the two large teachers’ trade unions warned the government in 2011 of the problems a centralised school system would cause, adding that, in their view, their predictions had come true.

In January, the government, the National Teachers Chamber and various professional organisations agreed to set up a public education roundtable to improve the state of public education.

PSZ stayed away from the start, while PDSZ pulled out after the first meeting in February. Later in February, some 45 civil organisations and trade unions set up a civil public education platform, calling itself an alternative to the government initiated roundtable, to discuss ways to improve public education.

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