Applications are open for the "Köbük" talent nurturing teacher scholarship.

You can apply for the "Köbüki" talent nurturing teacher scholarship announced as part of the National Talent Program until November 10, the Secretary of State for Higher Education, Vocational and Adult Training and Youth of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation announced on Thursday in Budapest.

Veronika Varga-Bajusz said that slightly more than HUF 1.5 billion is available for this year's tender, of which the winning applicants will receive a net amount of HUF 75,000 for ten months.

New in this year's announcement is that teachers of art schools, vocational training, and Hungarian-language educational institutions in the Carpathian Basin can also apply.

The Secretary of State emphasized: "Hungary is the land of talents", and in order to ensure that not a single talent is lost, it is worth starting programs that help them develop and help those involved in talent management.

Deputy State Secretary for Youth Zsófia Nagy-Vargha said about the details of the tender that the comments received after last year's tender were accepted and included in the tender.

The application interface and the administration process itself have been simplified, and from this year teachers of the visual culture subject can also apply for a scholarship

he explained.

The deputy state secretary said that the tender was divided into two categories.

In the first one, teachers of students participating in the international student Olympiad, international competition or other special scientific competition specified in the announcement can apply.

In the second category, teachers who lead student laboratories, specialist circles, talent workshops, or whose students placed 1-10 in a national competition can submit an application. achieved a position.

MTI

Featured image: Veronika Varga-Bajusz, State Secretary for Higher Education, Vocational and Adult Training, and Youth, at the press conference on the launch of the "Köbüki" talent nurturing teacher scholarship announced as part of the National Talent Program at the Ministry of Culture and Innovation on October 10, 2024. MTI/Zoltán Kocsis