Obrazovna migracija maturanata mađarske nacionalne zajednice i obrazovna politika Nacionalnog saveta mađarske nacionalne manjine u Srbiji
EDUCATIONAL MIGRATION OF HUNGARIAN MINORITY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND THE EDUCATION POLICY OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL MINORITY IN SERBIA

Author(s): Karolina Lendák-Kabók
Subject(s): Education, Sociology, Higher Education , Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: educational migration; Hungarian national minority; Hungarian National Minority Council; language barrier; educational policies
Summary/Abstract: Educational migration of ethnic minority high school graduates in Serbia has been a topic for many decades, both from a scientific and from a political perspective. The reason for it is that the high school graduates are not returning to their country of origin. The aim of the paper is to present the reasons behind the educational migration of the Hungarian ethnic minority high school graduates, to present the educational policy of the National Council of the Hungarian National Minority (NCHNM) and to present the work of the Hungarian civil societies working in the field of higher education in Serbia. The paper will present quantitative data from years 2014 and 2015, a total of 1,951 questionnaires completed by high school graduates, who were finishing their high school education in their mother tongue, i.e. Hungarian. The results show that almost 50% of high school graduates do not have a satisfactory knowledge of Serbian language, which would enable them to continue their studies in Serbia and 35.5% of them plan to continue their education in Hungary. Even thought, the NCHNM has good incentives, like the scholarships and student dorm, the freshman language course, accompanied with the support from the civil sector. Nevertheless, these measures cannot adequately prepare them to study in the majority language, nor compensate them for their struggles. Therefor this problem has to be addressed structurally through governmental educational policies.

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