Schools closed for the 6th week
Saturday, April 25th, 2020The left-wing nationwide daily fears for the underprivileged children who have remained without any form of public education since mid-March. READ MORE
Weeklies on the new national curriculum
Monday, February 10th, 2020The debate over the new national curriculum continues in the weeklies. Left-wing and liberal commentators pour scorn on the government and accuse it of brainwashing kids. Pro-government and conservative commentators, on the other hand, find the critics ideologically biased. READ MORE
Dispute over new national curriculum
Thursday, February 6th, 2020In a fierce debate about the government’s plans to revise the national curriculum, its critics and supporters accuse each other of being ideological heirs of the Communists. READ MORE
Diametrically opposed takes on Roma school segregation ruling
Monday, January 13th, 2020Liberal and left-wing commentators accuse Prime Minister Orbán of racism for publicly criticizing a court ruling granting compensation to Roma families whose children were enrolled in separate classes to non-Roma children. Pro-government columnists agree with the Prime Minister and find the ruling outrageous. READ MORE
Government to revise national curriculum
Friday, January 10th, 2020As the government concludes its revision of the national curriculum, a conservative and a left-wing pundit debate the role of education. READ MORE
Dispute over public education
Thursday, August 8th, 2019A left-wing columnist criticizes the government’s amendments to the public education act. A conservative pundit contends that bureaucratic efforts to integrate disadvantaged children are doomed to fail. READ MORE
CEU’s last graduation ceremony in Budapest
Monday, July 1st, 2019As the Central European University bids farewell to Hungary, right-wing commentators liken ideas expressed by CEU representatives to colonialist and even Nazi and Communist thinking. They consider CEU’s departure as ‘good riddance’. A Marxist philosopher charges the government with the imposition of ideological absolutism. READ MORE
Dispute over history curriculum
Thursday, November 29th, 2018A liberal and a left-wing columnist harshly criticize a conservative historian’s suggestion that history education should be used to strengthen national feeling. A pro-government commentator, on the other hand, welcomes the proposal. READ MORE
Further comments on the departure of the Central European University
Monday, October 29th, 2018Left-wing commentators see a litmus test in the government’s handing of the CEU affair; one explains why the Prime Minister feels he cannot compromise on that matter, while pro-government outlets ridicule the protests over the planned transfer of most CEU courses to Vienna. READ MORE
CEU sets 1 December deadline
Saturday, October 27th, 2018The Central European University is preparing to transfer most of its courses to Vienna, but has given the government 36 days to sign an agreement which would keep the Soros-founded University in Budapest. A pro-government columnist dismisses the announcement as ‘an advertisement aimed at recruiting students.’ READ MORE