At a sitting of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg yesterday, Dr. Péter Mihalovics, ministerial commissioner at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, gave an address on the responsibility of governments and education, public education and alternative education systems in dealing with problems and challenges affecting young people.

At the Council of Europe's plenary session on Wednesday, Dr. Péter Mihalovics, ministerial commissioner for coordination of the programme ‘For the Future of the Next Generation’, spoke in connection with a submission to the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. The main topics of the meeting were more effective assertion of young people’s fundamental rights and increasing equality between the sexes. The commissioner said that the greatest economic and social challenge facing the European Union is to provide reassuring answers to young people experiencing hopelessness and the despair of unemployment. He stressed that the operation of education, public education and alternative education systems which are suitably responsive to the new challenges, and the rapid and prudent handling of sensitive issues are priority tasks for governments. The Hungarian government is seeking to respond with education reform which is contemporary and contains substantive solutions.

Dr. Mihalovics said that, in addition to addressing the challenges of providing employment, the new legislation is aimed at providing talent management, promotion of equal opportunities for students, and the opportunity for Hungarian society’s long-term development.

(MTI, Ministry of Public Administration and Justice)