Situation of foreign kids

Foreign children have access to kindergarten and school education under the same conditions as Hungarian children. Education is compulsory between the age of 3 and 16 in Hungary for every child who stay in Hungary for longer than 3 months. It means that every child, including temporary protection holders, must attend educational institutions in Hungary, accredited by the Hungarian State.

Refugee children are often not enrolled in normal classes with Hungarian pupils but placed in special preparatory classes. Integration with Hungarian children therefore remains limited (see the account of Menedék Association https://menedek.hu/). They can move from these special classes into normal classes once their level of Hungarian is sufficient.