Cross-National Information and Communication Technology: Policies and Practices in
Education, Second Edition, pp. 349–369
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349
NATIONAL POLICIES AND
PRACTICES ON ICT
IN EDUCATION
Hungary
Andrea Kárpáti
STRUCTURE AND NATURE OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
1
Compulsory schooling in Hungary lasts from 6 to 16 years of age. Legal
regulations allow for schools to admit children at ages 5, 6, or 7. The 1996
Amendment to the Public Education Act raised the end of compulsory
schooling to the age of 18, starting with those who entered primary school
in the 1998/1999 school year. Consequently, nearly all children at school
today are required to participate in school education until they are 16.
The Hungarian public education system comprises three stages. Basic
schooling is provided by primary schools that encompass eight grades.
On completing this educational level, students enroll in secondary
schools. Students can choose from three kinds of secondary school. The
Au: Numbers
representing time
are expressed as
numerals in APA.
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