Changes in the expectations of the Hungarian education system have been so great over the past few years that the Ministry of Education has conducted a complete reorganisation of the education system, rendering it more efficient and user-friendly. These changes have mainly come about as a result of the continuously changing characteristics of the Hungarian (and overall) labour market and its requirements. The key changes needed to address this situation were identified as the following:
- The enhancement of core Service characteristics.
- Increased use of digital tools.
- Skills to handle digital content.
- Wide use of open standards.
- The introduction of flexible, responsive learning programmes.
- The introduction of the notion of education for life ? (duration and scope).
- The introduction of policies and programmes to enable social inclusion.
In order to implement these changes, great use has been made of ICTs, which are already used widely at national and local government levels.
As a first step in the reorganisation, the Ministry of Education founded Educatio Kht, a public company which now provides several eTechnology-based teaching programmes, materials and related services, both for higher and secondary education. As part of its programme, it has introduced and is running the SuliNet Programme for Public Education and the Information and Service Centre for University Students (HIK).
The Kempelen Farkas Information and Service Centre for University Students offers its services to more than 10,000 university students and lecturers, including:
- Full internet-access on 300 computers
- Access to the database of the Hungarian Electronic Information Service
- Standard and electronic library services
- Assistance and consulting on issues related to higher education (scholarships, careers counselling)
- On-line and traditional bookshop
- Events centre, café, children?s corner, etc.
The SuliNet programme provides internet access, as well as on-line content and advice to the whole Hungarian public education structure.
Main results, benefits and impacts
-Return on investment
Return on investment: Not applicable / Not availableLessons learnt
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