By TURÓCZINÉ VARGA ILDIKO
HUNGARIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Hungary is a small country in Central Europe. It is located in the Carpathian Basin with a population of less than 10 million, but another 2,5 million Hungarians reside within the seven countries surrounding its borders, and another 2 million Hungarians live in other parts of the world. These people speak Hungarian – known as Magyar.
Main factors as associated with early leaving:
(a) family background:
(i) migration or ethnic minority origin;
(ii) lower socioeconomic status of parents;
(iii) parental attitudes towards education;
Strategies on early school leaving should be based on an analysis at national, regional and local level of the conditions leading to the phenomenon, as average rates often mask large differences between different regions or countries.
The statistics show a gradual decline in the proportion of students choosing vocational education, as shown in the following tables
| Greece | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Total | 30.69 | 31.7 | 33.07 | 33.68 | 31.46 | 29.91 | 29.13 |
| Female | 22.68 | 24.33 | 26.11 | 27.15 | 23.02 | 20.07 | 20.3 |
| Male | 37.97 | 38.47 | 39.47 | 39.74 | 39.06 | 38.56 | 37.01 |
Secondary education
Secondary education includes two cycles of study:
Gymnasio
The first one is compulsory and corresponds to gymnasio (lower secondary school).
Report for C1 December 2018 Italy
By Hungarian delegation
The experiences and reflextions of the journey
The folk music of Hungary is one of the country’s most important expressions of national identity. Hungary’s geographic location, together with a cultural heritage that bears influences from central Asia to western Europe, has long supported diverse and lively musical traditions.
