Govt official: Hungary to support ethnic minority teachers

Hungary has allocated 4.2 billion forints (EUR 11.6m) to support teachers working in Hungary's ethnic minorities, the state secretary for church and minority relations said on Monday. The funding will be available in 2020 and 2021, Miklos Soltesz said, noting that some 110,000 children and youth currently receive ethnic minority education. Minority councils currently operate 95 institutions, mostly in education, and several state-run schools provide minority language classes, he said.