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Hungary : Keywords
Glossary
Abbreviations and acronyms
| Abbreviations and acronyms | ||
| NCC | National Core Curriculum | |
| NFER | National Foundation for Educational Research (in England and Wales) | |
| PRC | Professional Rehabilitation Committee | |
| QCA | Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (in England) | |
| SCAA | School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (now QCA) | |
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Glossary |
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általános iskola |
general school (plural, general schools) |
The traditional form of primary and lower secondary education in Hungary, providing education for students over eight years, age 6-14. |
| ovoda |
kindergarten (plural, kindergartens) |
The main type of institution in Hungary providing pre-compulsory education for children from the age of 3 up to compulsory school age (usually age 6, maximum 7 years of age). By law, all 5-year-olds must attend kindergarten to receive a maximum of four hours of formal teaching per day in preparation for school. |
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specialis szakiskola |
special vocational training school (plural, special vocational training schools) |
is a short vocational training school, offering one-or two-year courses in certain professions, for students aged 14+ with special educational needs or suffering from social disadvantage. Special vocational training schools usually operate as a separate branch of a general school or of a vocational training school and lead to a vocational examination. |
| vocational training school (plural, vocational training schools) | generally caters for students aged 14+, leaving the general school, and provides vocational-technical courses usually lasting three years and leading to a vocational examination. | |
| gyógypedagógus | Special needs education teachers | |
| kiegészítõ képzés | Supplementary training | |
| kollégiumi nevelõtanár | Dormitory governors (care assistants) | |
| konduktor tanár | Specialists dealing with the physically disabled | |
| logopaedia | The study of speech defects | |
| óvodapedagógus | Pre-school teacher | |
| somatopedagogy | The teaching of people who are disabled or injured | |
| tanító | Primary school teacher | |
