n next year’s budget, the government will be spending 645 billion forints (1.95bn) more on education than in 2010, Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s office chief, has said.
Gulyás noted that 14% of schools are run by the church, twice as high as nine years ago. He said church schools catered to all segments of society, from manual labourers and the needy to the well-to-do, as well as believers and those seeking faith. He said today’s Hungarian government recognised and respected the role of churches in society and considered it essential. Churches offer an education “based on Christian values and knowledge, as well as the seeking and strengthening of faith.”
Source: hungarymatters.hu