Educational support for Hungarian children living abroad will be quadrupled

This year's calls for the National Policy State Secretariat's Homeland in Hungarian program have been published, according to which

The education support for Hungarian children living abroad will increase from HUF 22,400 to HUF 100,000

- announced János Árpád Potápi at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.

The State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office responsible for national policy explained: the basic national political and national strategic goals are not abandoned even in the difficult economic situation caused by the war, mother tongue education is the guarantee of the survival of the community in all foreign regions.

He pointed out:

the support was decided during the first Orbán government,

and on the basis of the status law, from the 2002/2003 academic year, educational, educational, textbook and teaching aid support is provided in the field of public education, as well as student benefits in higher education.

The goal is for parents to enroll their children in schools where the medium of instruction is Hungarian. Children who attend such an institution are more likely to retain their Hungarian identity

he underlined.

The amount of the support was HUF 22,400 until now, but this will now increase to HUF 100,000. The benefit is always paid after the given school year, and the families concerned will receive it this year, according to the plans, in August-September.

The support can be received by those kindergartens, kindergartens, primary and secondary school students, as well as college and university students in Transylvania, Highlands, Vojvodina, Subcarpathia, Croatia and Moravia, who participate in education and upbringing in Hungarian in their homeland.

The invitations are available from Tuesday www.kulhonimagyarok.hu and www.bgazrt.hu .

According to his statement, foreign partners participate in the program as facilitators. A separate call is announced for each region, which includes the address to which the application must be delivered.

The last date for mailing the grant application is May 24, 2023

- indicated the State Secretary for National Policy. He added: instead of the previous 4 weeks, there are now 6 weeks available for submission. After the evaluation, the support is paid by bank transfer.

He explained: in the 2021/2022 school year, 211,246 children and young people received the support.

János Árpád Potápi recalled that since 2010, the subsidy was also provided to kindergarten students, which was opened to kindergartens in 2021 and the amount of student subsidy was increased to HUF 22,400.

The new transformation of the program started with the Transcarpathian region, and already at the beginning of this year Hungarian children and young people in Transcarpathia were provided with HUF 100,000 support instead of the previous HUF 22,400.

The State Secretary for National Policy also reported that

they support the Hungarian education network abroad, from kindergarten to higher education. Permanent support is provided for the operation of 50 Hungarian secondary schools, colleges and scattered colleges, 8 higher education institutions with Hungarian as the language of instruction abroad, and Hungarian faculty

he explained.

Within the framework of the National Restart Program, they help with the implementation of educational developments, programs and events, which means more than 300 activities per year.

He also mentioned that they contributed to the implementation of more than 1,200 foreign investments for educational purposes in the past period. Thanks to the Carpathian Basin Kindergarten Development Program, almost 900 kindergartens and nurseries are being built, created or renovated abroad.

In the framework of the thematic years, many methodological developments were implemented in educational institutions abroad, various calls were announced for students, nearly 1,500 children played in the framework of Our Town this year, he listed.

MTI

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