VIDEO: teachers booed the minister for education before consultation
Yesterday the Ministry of Interior organized a consultation between some school directors, teachers and government officials. Why not the Ministry for Education? That is because there is no such ministry in Hungary. Public education and higher education are in the interior ministry and the minister responsible for education is a former police officer who admitted during the consultation that he was a non-professional regarding education issues.
Before the consultation started, some teachers waited for the minister’s arrival in front of the venue. Sándor Pintér arrived in his van and got out but did not speak a word with the protesters. Here is the video:
Here is what happened during the talks
Interior ministry officials held talks with school and teachers’ union representatives on public education on Friday, the ministry said. The talks held at the ministry were attended by 373 staff members of state and church-run schools as well as one representative each from teachers’ unions, the ministry said in a statement, MTI said.
The consultation was addressed by 17 headmasters and two teachers, twelve of them from Budapest and seven from outside the capital. The meeting was also addressed by Bence Rétvári, the parliamentary state secretary, Zoltán Maruzsa, the state secretary for public education, Sándor Brassói, head of the Education Office, Gabriella Hajnal, head of the school operator Klebelsberg Centre, and Péter Horvéth, head of the National Teacher Association.
The meeting ended with a speech from Interior Minister Sándor Pintér. Those in attendance got the opportunity to submit questions in writing, most of which were answered on the spot by the minister. The remaining questions will be answered by the state secretariat for public education, the statement said.
The ministry said it will take what was said at the talks into consideration when formulating its proposals to develop public education.
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Source: MTI