Equity in Education in Hungary: Country Note

"In advance of our visit, we agreed with the Hungarian authorities that our visit should, alongside a broad overview of equity issues in Hungarian education, give particular attention to: the Roma population; disadvantaged groups; the rural population. The OECD review team undertook a visit of 10 days, from September 26 ? October 6, 2005. In addition to visits with key policy makers and education leaders in Budapest, the OECD team visited preschools, basic schools, vocational secondary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in rural, urban and suburban settings in and around Budapest, Miskolc and Pecs. We met with 200 people in 50 groups. In general, we saw a variety of schools serving disadvantaged young people, not those producing elite graduates."