Public collections must also play a role in education - emphasized the parliamentary state secretary of the Ministry of the Interior (BM) at the professional day of the 39th Hungarian Museum of Natural History Meeting in Budapest on Tuesday.
Bence Rétvári reminded that thanks to the Lázár Ervin program, students can participate in cultural and scientific programs outside of school, and can have experiences that will even determine their career choice.
As he added, from 2024, the preparation and presentation of project work will also be an option for the oral exam for each of the secondary school science exam subjects. In this way, the examinees can produce a complex natural science work, which also better prepares them for the challenges of the labor market, he said.
The State Secretary of the BM highlighted that the natural science field has also been included in the national competence measurements since 2021.
According to him, however, the big world competitions also give good feedback, since Hungarian students are at the forefront in all natural science fields. According to a survey covering 58 countries, eighth-grade Hungarian students perform well above the average in mathematics and natural sciences, he noted.
Bence Rétvári emphasized
that it is very possible to find forms of cooperation between educational and museum institutions, "children can learn by playing in museums", he said.
All of this is also important because multinational companies spend billions of dollars to lure children into virtual worlds, but Hungarian youth now have museums that are competitive with the entertainment options provided by mobile phones, said Bence Rétvári.
The 39th Meeting of Hungarian Museums of Natural Sciences will be held from Tuesday to Friday in Budapest and Zirce in the joint organization of the Hungarian Museum of Natural Sciences (MTM) and the Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences of the MTM.
The central theme of this year's conference is: how natural science museums and natural history collections can help in understanding the current environmental problems of our Earth, deepening environmental awareness, creating a livable planet, and preserving terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
Featured image: MTI
