Revision of National Core Curriculum

The National Core Curriculum in Hungary is legislated by a government degree and (by law) it is subject to revision every seven years. The revision targets to reflect on more recent educational and societal needs as well as national and global challenges and future-shaping trends. The National Core Curriculum of Hungary contains a general vision on education, shared values, priority development areas and competences to be developed in thematic areas of general education. The National Core Curriculum serves as a compass to general education in the country while also establishing the set of tasks and minimum criteria according which each and every general educational institutions (including primary, secondary, vocational and special needs schools) and teachers should operate. The recent compulsory revision started in 2017, involving a research group of high-profile academics and practicing teachers. The group had brought out a draft proposal for the new curriculum, then the public debate about the draft started: various platforms were open to formulate an opinion, due to which more than 1000 contributions arrived from a range of organisations (including universities, churches, NGOs) and individual citizens. The process includes the revision of the legislative framework, the revision of the subject-related frame curricula and textbooks, communication with all stakeholder groups and preparing practitioners in schools for the expected changes.