Rózsa Hoffmann is a Hungarian

Hungary

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 politician

Politician

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 and educator, current Secretary of State for Education of the Ministry of National Resources since 2 June 2010.

Career

She finished Kossuth Zsuzsa Grammar School in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 in 1966. She graduated as a French-Russian secondary school teacher from the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1971. She received a dr.univ. degree of pedagogy from ELTE in 1985. She received a PhD. degree of Pedagogy in 1996.

She worked as chief official for the Ministry of Cultural from 1972 to 1981, as deputy headmistress for Kaffka Margit Grammar School from 1981 to 1986, as headmistress for Németh László Grammar School from 1986 to 1997, for National Public Education and Estimate Exam Centre (OKÉV). She works as assistant professor and as head of institute for Faculty of Humanities of Péter Pázmány Catholic University from 1995. She is a general editor.

She was awarded several prizes: "Eminent Pedagogue" (1992), Apáczai-Csere János

János Apáczai Csere

János Apáczai Csere was a Transylvanian Hungarian polyglot and mathematician, famous for his work The Hungarian Encyclopedia, the first textbook to be written in Hungarian...

 Prize (1995), "For Budapest" Prize (1996), Trefort Ágoston

Ágoston Trefort

Dr. Ágoston Trefort was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education from 1872 until his death. He was the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1885.-Family:...

 Prize and Széchenyi

István Széchenyi

Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

 Scholarship (2001).

She tended several positions in the public life: National General Popular Education Council, National School-leaving Examination Board, Independent Teachers Forum, Teacher's Training Subcommittee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Németh László Association.

She joined Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Party on 10 May 2003. She is a member of national presidium in the Cultural Branch, head of the Pedagogy Section.

In the 2006 parliamentary elections

Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006

The schedule of the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary elections, as announced by president László Sólyom was as follows:* first round on April 9, 2006* second round on April 23, 2006...

 she obtained a mandate from national list. From 30 May 2006 she was a member of the Committee on Education and Science. In the next elections

Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010

A parliamentary election was held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to choose MPs for the National Assembly. They were the sixth free elections since the end of communist era. The 386 members of parliament were elected in a combined system of party lists and electoral constituencies...

 se won a seat from Győr-Moson-Sopron County regional list. Hoffmann was appointed Secretary of State for Education on 2 June 2010.

New education draft

In August 2010 she announced the government will take on a greater share of the funding of public education. Local governments will have to fund only 10-15% of schools’ operating costs in the future, instead of the current 50%, and the central government will finance the rest, she also said. In other changes, she envisaged a career-for-life model for teachers and a professional supervisory and supporting system. Hoffmann said a review of the Bologna system has been launched and “where professional demand justifies this” Hungary will return to a unified and undivided system.

External links

• Hoffmann Rózsa felel államtitkárként az oktatás területéért. HírTV.hu, 2010. május 31.
• Hoffmann Rózsa honlapja
• "Még kézzelfogható volt az ellenséges hangulat" - interjú Hoffmann Rózsával - a hírszerző.hu interjúja. 2010. november 22.
• Hoffmann Rózsa titkos melléklete (2011. október 27.)