Being Hungarian is not only a matter of origin and commitment, but also a matter of quality, stated János Árpád Potápi, the State Secretary responsible for national policy at the Prime Minister's Office, on Wednesday in Bratislava, where he gave a welcome address at the ceremonial opening of the Hungarian College of Professional Studies in Bratislava.

At the ceremony, at which the premises renovated with the support of the State Secretariat for National Policy were handed over, the state secretary spoke about the extremely important role of professional colleges and the need to create a strong Hungarian institutional system.

He pointed out: the task of vocational colleges is to receive young people educated in Hungarian institutions and to be bastions of elite education, from which young people emerge who will prosper in their homeland and help their community and set an example for future students.

Being Hungarian is not only a question of origin and commitment, but also a question of quality. We hope that this Hungarian quality will be represented by this vocational college and the students studying here - emphasized János Árpád Potápi. He added that similar ones should be established in Nitra and Kassa as well.

The Hungarian Vocational College in Bratislava started its operation in 2016 thanks to the support of the State Secretariat for National Policy of the Prime Minister's Office. After a forced break of about a year and a half due to the epidemic situation, attendance education has just started again in the vocational college. The institution was able to increase its capacity to 28 by creating two larger units.

In September, 24 college students started the academic year at the vocational college.

János Árpád Potápi laid a wreath at the memorial plaque for the victims of the Pozsonyligetfalu massacre even before the opening of the vocational college. In the former concentration camp in Ligetfalu, established after the Second World War, hundreds of people, including 90 Hungarian Levants, were murdered by the soldiers of the Czechoslovak army as part of an ethnic cleansing.

A memorial plaque was erected at the site of the tragedy at the former BS6 military fortress in 2015.

Source and image: MTI