Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Hungary
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
NA
Sector
Education
Education
Education
85 - Education

748 - 892 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
28 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2007
Foreseen end date

Description

Up to 892 employees of the Hungarian local-government operated schools system are to lose their jobs it has been announced. The job losses are expected to number between 748 and 892, and a number of job losses could also occur through non-compulsory means. The job losses will affect schools across Hungary, and are to be implemented from September 1st 2007. The local Governments who made the decisions attribute the restructuring to a change in the financing of education, an increase in the minimum number of classes for teachers, and to a drop in the number of children attending schools. Both primary and secondary schools are to be affected by the changes, and many regions will either see schools close, or merge with other schools in the region. Various regions were more affected than others. In the Békés county, 100 employees are to lose their jobs as a result of the merger of schools. In Győr, the capital of the Győr-Moson-Sopron county, 112 teachers are to be made redundant.


Sources

  • 28 August 2007: index.hu

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Hungarian local-government schools, Internal restructuring in Hungary, factsheet number 65754, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65754.