Act 1 of 1985 on education

Age range

6 - 16

Duration (numbers of years of compulsory education stipulated by this document)

10

ISCED levels included in compulsory education

ISCED 1-2

Is educational tracking implemented or modified by this document?

No

Education and training required for a compulsory school teacher stipulated by this document

In lower grades – primary school teacher’s degree 5th – 8th grade – secondary school teacher Grades above the 9th – university-level secondary school teacher

Is the compulsory education of children of undocumented migrants granted by this document?

Section 155 (1) The provisions of the present law shall be applicable to the admission of foreigners to a Hungarian educational institution, with the following variations: (2) In questions relating to education in case of decisions on admission to a prima

Original name of the legal document/act (native language)

1985. évi I. törvény az oktatásról

Date of publication

2^nd May 1985

Are the effects retroactive?

No

Actors

Institutions of public education may be founded and maintained by the State, by local government, municipal, regional minority local authorities, the national minority government, legal entities founded by a church that are registered in the Republic of Hungary, and business companies, foundations, associations with legal entity, and other legal entities, founded and holding a seat in the territory of the Republic of Hungary, as well as by natural persons if they have acquired the right of carrying on the activity mentioned above, according to the provisions of law. Natural persons may found and maintain an institution of public education as individual entrepreneurs.

Financing

Section 14 (2) The educational institution shall ensure the fulfilment of its tasks by use of the subsidy provided from the state budget, or the use of the contribution of the maintaining organisation as well as other revenues prescribed by law.

Original full text source in native language

Magyar Közlöny (Hungarian Official Gazette) No. 19, 02.05.1985

Original full text web source in native language

http://www.1000ev.hu

Special data for the selected policy/category: Age range: Section 50 (1) In general, the child shall become obliged to attend compulsory education from the calendar year in which – before the exact date was determined by separate legal regulation – he or she reaches the age of six years. The beginning date of compulsory education shall be determined on the basis of the maturity of the child. (2) Compulsory education lasts until the end of the school year in which the student reaches the age of 16. (3) In the case of students with physical, sensory, mental, speech, or other handicaps, compulsory education may be extended by one or two school years, at the latest until the end of the school year in which they reach the age of 18. Section 53 (1) The child obliged to fulfil compulsory education may be, in justified cases, exempted from the fulfilment of compulsory education if he or she has absolved primary education, and does not attend secondary school or any other type of education.