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The Impact of Structural Upheavals on Educational Organisation, Attainment and Choice: the experience of post‐Communist Hungary
Author(s) -
LANNERT JUDIT,
MÁRTONFI GYÖRGY,
VÁGÓ IRÉN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2006.00247.x
Subject(s) - communism , supply and demand , variety (cybernetics) , educational attainment , inequality , higher education , public education , economic growth , demographic economics , economics , political science , development economics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science , law , microeconomics
During the transition period in Hungary the role of the market has become more significant, and several market elements have appeared in education, as well. The growing social demand for schooling resulted in the huge expansion of secondary and higher education. Schools try to match the demand with the supply in a colourful variety of programmes. However, public education in Hungary struggles with very great problems of inequalities.