1. Apaczai Training Centre - Hungary
Career guidance system in Hungary HU-2012-Leo-PA-6049
Meeting in Italy
March, 2013

2. The concept of career guidance
The hungarian terminology expresses professional help in:
Career choice and
Career development

3. Changes in the system
As a result of permanent changes in career counselling is now a multi-party system which ensure the support in the field of education and labour and it is essential to prepare for a career.

4. The national system of vocational guidance
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Labour and Employment
National Employment Service
- educational institutions
- pedagogical institutions
- training institutions
- Employment Information Consulting
- Psychological services
- Youth counseling

5. Legal background
The rules to apply to secondary schools and the process of preliminary depends on the 20/2012. (VIII. 31.) EMMI regulation.
By the beginning of the school year the next school year schedule is controlled by this regulation. It contains the timing of preliminary to secondary school and Public Educational Bridge program for the current school year.
Deadlines are determined when secondary schools publicize the course codes and career choice. Information available on this website in the session of secondary schooling:
After that schools publish the information on their own websites.
It begins with the primary school students’ application which they arrange via the filled out application form.

6. Factors influencing the career choice:
Family background,
school,
students’ own decisions,
labour market needs.

7. Condition of a successful career choice:
Sufficient knowledge about careers,
realistic self-knowledge,
career maturity:
determined aims,
personal value system,
value orientation,
harmonizing personal abilities and the need of the career.

8. Supporting students with information in choosing right careers:
Parents, family,
primary school,
secondary school,
Pedagogical Agency,
Education Agency,
Government Agencies.

9. Available for students via primary schools:
Who and how?
Parents, family:
Pay attention to the child’s interest,
the family background helps the decision.
Available for students via primary schools:
School choice guide which is issued by the county pedagogical institutes,
Different publications (e.g. Career/Karrier booklet for students in year 8)

10. Publications

11. Secondary institutions:
Primary schools hold career choice performances so they inform students and their parents and they introduce their schools and their courses.
Secondary schools hold open days where they wait the candidates and their parents. Primary school teachers take part in these events.
Create flyers
Websites
Radio and newspaper ads

12. Open day of our school

14. Education Agency
On its website can be seen and downloaded official preliminary information of Hungarian institutions.

15. Government Agency:
Government Agency organizes the exhibition of career choice:

16. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION ÉVA ANGYAL-BABJÁK
Apáczai Oktatási
Centrum
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION ÉVA ANGYAL-BABJÁK