Education in Hungary 2000

List of Figures and Tables

Chapter 1

Table 1.1 The size of age groups born between 1975 and 1999 on January 1st, 1999

Figure 1.1 The size of age groups born between 1975 and 1999 on January 1st, 1999

Figure 1.2 Highest school qualifications of those leaving the educational system, 1990-1998

Table 1.2 Highest school qualifications of those leaving the educational system, 1990-1998

Table 1.3 An international survey on reading comprehension in the 16-65 age group,
1994-98, average

Table 1.4 Population and economic activity at the beginning of the year, 1990-1998
(in thousands)

Figure 1.3 Rate of unemployment according to age groups, 1999 last quarter (%)

Figure 1.4 The distribution of unemployed and employed individuals according to their
highest school qualifications, 1999 last quarter (%)

Table 1.5 Public opinion concerning the proposed ratio of the financial support of various public fields (in the percentage of total expenditure)

Table 1.6. Change in preferences of the population concerning public education between
1990 and 1999 (rank order 1 to 7)

Chapter 2

Table 2.1 The system of Hungarian public education administration: levels, functions
and players

Table 2.2 The number of local governments with educational responsibilities, 1994/95
and 1999/2000

Table 2.3 The number of local governments with educational responsibilities, according
to population size, 1999/2000

Chapter 3

Figure 3.1 Budget expenditure on education and public education in percentage of GDP,
1990-1999

Figure 3.2 Expenditure on public education in percentage of GDP in OECD countries,
1998

Table 3.1 Budget spending on education per student in percentage of per capita GDP
in certain OECD countries on various levels of education, 1997

Figure 3.3 The increase of expenditures in public education and consumer price index,
1991-1999 (previous year = 100%)

Table 3.2 The state budget and public education expenditures of local governments,
1991-1999 (in HUF)

Table 3.3 The percentage of education expenditure within the total expenditure of local
governments, 1994-1999 (%)

Table 3.4 The percentage of expenditure on salaries in current educational layout broken down according to school types, 1990-1999

Chapter 4

Table 4.1 The number of participants in school-based public education according to school
type and age

Table 4.2 The number of pupils and classes of six- and eight-grade general secondary
schools at grades 5-8, 1991/92-1999/2000

Table 4.3 The changing number of students in the 13th grade or above in secondary vocational schools, 1995/96-1999/2000

Figure 4.1 The number of students going on to secondary and technical school
after leaving primary education, 1990/91-1999/2000

Table 4.4 The number of primary school-leavers and students who continue their
studies after primary education, 1985/86-1999/2000

Table 4.5 The number of students at secondary level in each programme,
1985/86-1999/2000

Figure 4.2 Key trends in primary school education, 1985/86-1999/2000

Table 4.6 Key data in primary school education, 1985/86-1999/2000

Table 4.7 The number of primary schools according to management and characteristic
feature, 1990/91-1999/2000

Figure 4.3 Trends of secondary school student numbers according to programmes, 1985/86-1999/2000 (19985/86 = 100%)

Figure 4.4 The number of applicants for full-time training and admitted students
in higher education, 1990-1999

Table 4.8 Total number of students taking secondary school-leaving and higher
education entrance examinations, 1990-1999 (thousand people)

Table 4.9 Main indicators of higher education, 1990/91, 1996/97-1999/2000

Table 4.10 The rate of employed individuals in the 20-24 age group compared
to the total population in OECD countries, 1996

Table 4.11 Foundational schools and schools maintained by other parties than local
governments, the number of their students and teachers, 1992/93-1999/2000

Table 4.12 Key data on church-affiliated institutions 1992/93-1999/2000

Chapter 5

Figure 5.1 Average number of classes according to cultural domains in the central class
schedules and recommendations for class schedules in Hungary, 1988, 1995
and 2000; and in the OECD countries (in the education of students
12-14 years of age), 1998 (%)

Figure 5.2 Changes in the number of pupils attending primary music education, 1990-1998

Figure 5.3 The number of students enrolled in ethnic education per year, 1998/99

Table 5.1 The number and proportion of students learning foreign languages in primary
and secondary education, 1992/93, 1997/98, 1999/2000

Chapter 6

Table 6.1 Students taking meals and day-care in percentage of the total number
of students per county, between 1980/81 and 1990/2000

Table 6.2 The effects of the preparation of pedagogical programmes on the teaching
staff according to the directors in different school types, 1998 (%)

Chapter 7

Figure 7.1 Changes in teacher numbers in the various institution types
(previous year = 100%)

Table 7.1 Qualification of teachers and changes in teacher numbers, 1989/90-1999/2000

Table 7.2 Institution types and the qualifications of full-time employed teachers in public
education

Table 7.3 Proportion of female teachers in education in the OECD countries, 1995 (%)

Figure 7.2 The consumer price-index, and the gross income of full-time employed
teachers and workers employed in public education between 1990 and 1999 (1989=100%)

Table 7.4 The consumer price-index, and the gross income of full-time employed
teachers and workers employed in public education between 1990 and 1999

Figure 7.3 The GDP per capita and the salaries of teachers with a 15-year-experience in
lower-secondary levels (corresponds to upper-primary level) education in the
OECD countries, 1998

Table 7.5 In-service teacher training programmes and the institutions behind them,
1997, 1998, 2000

Chapter 8

Table 8.1 Levels and models of the Comenius 2000 Scheme for Quality Assurance Development in Public Education

Figure 8.1 The change in the standard scores of eighth-graders in reading and the types
of settlement, 1991, 1995, 1997, and 1999

Table 8.2 The change in the standard scores of eighth-graders in reading and
mathematics and the types of settlement, 1991, 1995, 1997, and 1999

Figure 8.2 The differences in the performance of different grades in mathematics and
the international average, 1995 (standard scores)

Table 8.3 The average rate of the number of students admitted into higher education
and the number of school-leavers (the F/L rate) and settlement types,
1991-1998 and 1994-1998

Table 8.4 The average rate of the number of students admitted into higher education
and the number of school-leavers (the F/L rate) and the types of secondary
schools, 1991-1998

Chapter 9

Table 9.1 Data on ethnic minority education, 1990/91, 1995/96-1999/2000

Chapter 10

Table 10.1 Status of young people from 15-24 in education and in the labour market,
1992 and 1997 (%)

Table 10.2 The number of boys and girls leaving education according to educational
levels, 1998 (thousand people)