Educational co-operations along the Hungarian-Romanian-Ukrainian border
Educational co-operations along the Hungarian-Romanian-Ukrainian border

Summary/Abstract: Abstract The number of students from foreign countries in the Hungarian educational institutions is significant. The lowest number is detected in the primary schools where their presence is rather to be treated as the evidence of migration instead of part of the educational market. It is maximum in the close proximity of the border where the traces of the market position may be detected.. It may be observed that from the nineties onwards a new dimension of the cooperation appeared and the number of participants in the Hungarian education increased and this level has some unique characteristics with respect to the causes as well. The market forms of the human capital development can be recognised. The foreigners appearing on this level prepare themselves for the Hungarian labour market even at severe sacrifices. Both the predominance of the vocational trainings and the share of the various professions support the above. The most characteristic feature of the higher level is the lack of mobility. On the whole, there are much less students than expected on the basis of the number of students in the secondary schools and thus the reality did not testify the proposed hypothesis. Only the number of students from Slovakia grew in comparison with the lower educational levels. It is surprising that there are more students from Europe in the precious and relatively cheap medical training than Hungarians from the neighbouring countries in the Hungarian training. The number of pupils and students in the Hungarian education may be set in parallel with the number of the Hungarian minority and the socio-economic situation of the neighbouring countries. Most students come from Romania but proportionally they are over-represented in the case of the Transcarpathian region. The introduction of the Schengen Agreement may create an interesting situation in this field. The mobility will be unchecked in the directions of Slovakia and Austria but it becomes more complicated in the case of Romania which is to enter later and Ukraine which is to remain outside it permanently. As far as the latter is concerned, the compulsory visa obligation may seriously hinder the movements.

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