Examination and certification system at the end of the upper secondary general education
(Electronic conference, May - December 1999)

Brief description of upper secondary education system in Hungary

Index
Introduction
Final
   Report
Conference
   Issues
Conference
   Rules
Report 1
Participating
   countries
EURYDICE
   Glossary
Admission
   to HE

Austria
   Issues
   Q&A
Bulgaria
   Description
   Issues
   Q&A
Czech Republic
   Description
   Issues
   Q&A
Estonia
   Issues
   Q&A
France
   Issues
   Q&A
Germany
   Issues
   Q&A
Hungary
   Description
   Issues
Latvia
   Issues
Lithuania
   Issues
   Q&A
Netherlands
   Issues
   Q&A
Poland
   Description
   Issues
   Q&A
Portugal
   Description
   Issues
   Q&A
Slovakia
   Description
   Issues
   Q&A
Slovenia
   Description
   Issues
Spain
   Description
   Issues
Sweden
   Description
   Issues
United Kingdom
   Description
   Issues
 		Secondary education in the Hungarian school system may be defined as the institutional level that receives pupils who have completed the 8 - grade general school (single structure school). Concerning the ISCED this level of education calls upper secondary level. We can differentiate between types of institutions in two respects. One is whether they offer general or vocational education, the other whether they prepare pupils for the upper secondary school leaving examinations or not (this ones that do are usually called by the collective term of secondary education).
As a consequence of the structural changes in the school system we have to differentiate more and more often between three different concepts: a type of school, an educational level, and an educational and training programme. Within any institution there can be a variety of educational programmes followed, which lead to different educational qualifications. There are more and more institutions in Hungary today that offer educational programmes at different educational levels so it is difficult to introduce the system of secondary education with the help of school types.

In the term of leaving certification of upper secondary general education, only the first type of education refers to the above-mentioned title from the listed types of secondary education.

  1. 1. General secondary school that prepares for the school leaving final examination:

    The term of Gymnasium, nowadays refers to a variety of institutions with different lengths (4, 6, or 8 grades) and different standards.

  2. Types of schools that prepares for the upper secondary school leaving examinations and offers vocational training at the same time, (secondary vocational school):
    The term of this type of schools used to refer to three types of schools with different educational objectives:
    1. the 5-year-long secondary vocational school, which trained secondary level technicians,
    2. the 4 or 5-year-long secondary vocational schools, which mainly prepared for occupations in the service sector,
    3. the 4-year long secondary vocational and technical schools. Which lead both to the final examinations and to the skilled worker qualifications.
  3. the main institution type of secondary vocational education that does not lead to the upper secondary school leaving final certification:
    1. the 3 -year -long technical school for skilled worker
    2. the 2-year-long trade school

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Last update: 28 December 1999