The 2019 VET Act, based on the VET 4.0 Strategy, reformed Hungary's vocational education and training (VET) system. VET was legally and administratively separated from general education, supporting closer cooperation with the economy. The Ministry of Culture and Innovation oversees VET, with...

This short description explores vocational education and training (VET) in Hungary within its socioeconomic context, discussing key characteristics, system developments and challenges. Hungary's VET system oers upper secondary programmes in school-based forms, incorporating dual training, and...

Recent legislation has led to more centralised vocational education and training (VET) governance. Since January 2013, the State has replaced local government in governance of schools. It has the right to employ head-teachers and pays pedagogical staff's salaries. Central administration of VET...

Vocational education and training in Hungary has been in a state of flux since the political and economic changes of 1989. The 2000s brought two fundamental reforms: introduction of a competence-based, modular qualification structure and ongoing corresponding renewal of curricula, and...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Hungary between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...