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Secondary Schools in Grades 6-8 May Be over: a Radical Change Is Being Prepared in the Hungarian Education System

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Following the political turnaround in 2026, the Civil Public Education Platform (CKP) presented a comprehensive education development strategy that would radically transform the Hungarian school system. The proposal, developed by education researcher István Nahalka, would gradually eliminate traditional grading and early selection, while placing emphasis on individual development of students and professional freedom of teachers instead of instil…
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Following the political turnaround in 2026, the Civil Public Education Platform (CKP) presented a comprehensive education development strategy that would radically transform the Hungarian school system. The proposal, developed by education researcher István Nahalka, would gradually eliminate traditional grading and early selection, while placing emphasis on individual development of students and professional freedom of teachers instead of instil…

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Even the high school leaving exam could be abolished, according to the new education reform proposal of the Civil Public Education Platform (CKP). The discussion paper compiled by education researcher István Nahalka would rethink almost everything from grading to NAT to the school system, and would significantly reduce school selection.

The new government treats education as a strategic sector and wants to comprehensively renew its system with priority resources. Classical grades may disappear, gymnasiums for grades 6-8 may disappear, and the strict framework curriculum may be replaced by a curriculum that is more freely applicable to teachers. According to the strategy recently published on the website of the Civil Public Education Platform, the Hungarian education system coul…

In his study, educational researcher István Nahalka proposes the development of a new pedagogical culture. The proposals include the elimination of 6th and 8th grade grammar schools and the use of text feedback instead of grades.

They would abolish 6th and 8th grade high schools, we can say goodbye to grading - Here is the proposal that would radically transform schools.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Index broke the news in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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