The amount will be spent on reconstructing over 120 facilities in 60 to 70 towns and villages, Miklós Soltész told a press conference.

At present, churches have a share of 14% in public education while 55% of the population declare themselves as belonging to a church, he said.

There is therefore a pressing need for church schools, all the more so since they attract far more applications than their capacity can meet, the state secretary said.

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