Hungary's school year begins with a new curriculum, AI changes and a new Education Authority post
The 2026/27 school year brings a new curriculum, AI-related changes and new rules on absences. The Educational Authority has created a new post for data analysis and AI, and the person filling it was announced in early September 2026.
Who is affected and how
- teacher
- Teachers must take the AI elements of the new curriculum into account from the start of the school year.
- school leader
- Introducing the new rules, including the absence regime, falls to them.
- parent
- The new absence rules and curriculum changes also affect families.
- education policymaker
- The Educational Authority's new head of AI and data analysis could become a key figure in Hungary's AI rollout.
Sources
- New curriculum, artificial intelligence, new absence rules – how school changes from Septemberúj szó · Aug 31, 2026 · Hungarian
- The school year begins: what is changing already, and what is still only a promise? | Euronewshu.euronews.com · Aug 31, 2026 · magyar
- Public education: It is decided who will fill the Education Authority's newly created leadership posteduline.hu · Sep 4, 2026 · magyar
- The big AI story: how Hungarian education could be transformed – it matters how we introduce AI - Világgazdaságvg.hu · Sep 1, 2026 · magyar
- The big AI story: how Hungarian education could be transformed - it matters how we introduce artificial intelligence - Tőzsdehírek.hutozsdehirek.hu · Sep 1, 2026 · magyar
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