HIS-Press-Service, 1978 (3. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1978-02-01 / 9. szám
HIS Press Service No.9. February 1978 Page 6 SCHOOLS Hungary's confessionally-run schools were taken over by the State in 1948. At present, only 8 Catholic high schools with an average of 300 pupils per school are still in existence. These schools, and the boarding schools connected with them, are subsidized by both the Church (The 4 high schools situated in the Archdiocese of Esztergom received 160,000 forints in 1961.) and the State (e.g. The high school in Pannonhalma received 900 forints monthly in 1961). The Catholic high schools permitted at present in Hungary are: The High Schools for Boys run by the Benedictines at the Archabbey of Pannonhalma 9090 Pannohalma, Vár 9022 Győr, Széchenyi tér 8 The High Schools for Boys run by the Hungarian Province of the Franciscans: 2509 Esztergom, Bottyán János u.lO 2000 Szentendre, Sal lai Imre u. 18 The High Schools for Boys run by the Hungarian Province of the Piarists: 1088 Budapest, Mikszáth Kálmán tér 1 6000 Kecskemet, Jókai u.l The High Schools for Girls run by the School Sisters of Our Lady: 1092 Budapest, Knézits u.5-7 4024 Debrecen, Béke útja 24 Before the takeover by the State, the relative majority of the schools in Hungary were confessionally-run: Type of School Number of schools in the Cath.Schools Total of these teachers pupils Primary Shools 3,002 State 986 Cath. 1,240 1,998 128,412 Elementary Shools 4,086 1,633 1,663 7,161 271,128 Secondary Schools 365 192 86 430 8,882 High Schools 173 74 48 631 3,572 Teachers Training Colleges 60 14 31 285 6,193 Nursery Teachers Training Colleges 4 1 3 37 279 Commercial Schools 61 43 12 144 1,886 Trade Schools 25 17 5 93 810 Agricultural Schools 35 27 5 65 440 Theological Colleges 27 23 222 635 Total 7,838 2,987 3,116 11,066 422,237 In addition, the Church had over 176 nurseries, 27 technical schools, a school for nurses, a school of domestic science, 4 trade schools, 20 continued education houses, a law academy, 8 minor seminaries, 167 colleges and boarding schools, and a theological faculty.
