• Home
• Channel: Current Affairs
• Hungarian Opinion: Schools Closed For The 6th Week

Hungarian Opinion: Schools Closed For The 6th Week

• 25 Apr 2020 7:10 AM
• BudaPost

The left-wing nationwide daily fears for the underprivileged children who have remained without any form of public education since mid-March.

In Népszava, Judit N. Kósa doubts if switching over to internet-based teaching can in any substantial way replace the conventional forms of schooling, but admits that the epidemic leaves the authorities with no other option. She also admits that it was impossible to properly prepare for such an emergency.

Her problem is that in areas where the inhabitants live in utter deprivation, digital schooling is strictly impossible, as households typically have no computers – or even electricity, in many cases. She believes that about one in five elementary school children belong in that category, rather than one in twenty as the authorities claim.

Five weeks are of course insufficient to solve such huge problems, Kósa writes, but should have been enough to at least identify those pupils who will need serious support once the pandemic is over.

This opinion does not necessarily represent the views of XpatLoop.com or the publisher. Your opinions are welcome too - for editorial review before possible publication online. 

Click here to Share Your Story 

• How does this content make you feel?
• I love it
• I like it
• I dislike it

• Hungarian Opinion Schools Closed

XpatLoop Media Partner

BudaPost

Launched in May 2011 to provide a balanced picture of matters covered in Hungary’s national press. Their aim is to make it easier for English-speakers to understand where this country is now and where it’s heading according to the full spectrum of media opinions.

Explore More Reports

Ukraine’s Transatlantic & European Integration Not Supported by Hungary, Says FM Szijjártó

• 27 Mar 2023 1:02 PM

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó held talks with Ilze Brands Kheris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights of the United Nations, in New York on Friday evening and told her that Hungary could not support Ukraine’s Transatlantic and European integration as long as ethnic Hungarian schools were “at risk” in the country.



Hungarian Opinion: Teachers Protest After Eight More Fired

• 3 Dec 2022 5:37 AM

As hundreds of teachers went on strike in protest against the government’s decision to dismiss eight more teachers for participating in the action, a left-wing commentator accuses the authorities of trying to intimidate their critics.



Watch: Tens of Thousands of Protestors in Budapest March for Education On October 23 National Holiday

• 24 Oct 2022 2:52 PM

On Sunday, Hungary’s October 23 national holiday, the Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) and the ADOM Student Movement jointly organized an event in Budapest titled “Solidarity Demonstration for Our Teachers.”



Energy Crisis: Winter Break at Hungarian Schools & Gov't Offices Will be Longer Than Usual

• 30 Sep 2022 6:03 AM

In an effort to save energy, the winter break at Hungarian schools will be longer than usual this year, lasting from Dec. 22 to Jan. 8, the prime minister’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyás, told a government press briefing.