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Video: 'Educate Us For The 21st Century!' Students Demand

• 19 Jan 2018 12:00 PM

Thousands protested outside parliament in Budapest to call for less blind memorisation of facts and more critical thinking and creativity.

Thousands of schoolchildren, university students and others protested outside Hungary's parliament on Friday to demand major education reforms.

Demonstrators denounce teaching methods as rigid and say they fail to prepare young people for life in the 21st century.

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