Hungarian Gazette 2026/24
Summary
Government Decree No. 36/2026. (III. 5.) Korm. contains amendments to several government decrees on public education matters, primarily for the purpose of providing a lump-sum supplementary benefit as the final step of the 2025 teacher salary increase, as well as replacing school register sheets with digital record-keeping. The amendments affect the decrees on public employees, the implementing regulations on public education, and the regulations on the rules of the school-leaving examination, in which references to the register sheet are partially changed to the concepts of the class register or the records of the academic system. The purpose of the Decree is to reduce the administrative burdens of teachers, to fulfil salary commitments, and to implement the agreement concluded with the EU concerning the graduate-level
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HUNGARIAN OFFICIAL GAZETTE · Issue 24 of 2026
III. I. Government Decrees
Government Decree No. 36/2026. (III. 5.) Korm.
on the amendment of government decrees related to certain public education matters, and on the amendment of government decrees related to the supplementary benefit provided in connection with the 2025 teacher salary increase
[1] It is a priority objective of the Government, in accordance with the mutual commitments made with teachers, to ensure on the basis of the agreement concluded with the European Union for the years 2025–2031 that the average salary of teachers reaches eighty percent of the average salary of graduates.
[2] The Government is committed to fulfilling its commitments made towards teachers, just as teachers fulfil their obligations.
[3] The Government also takes note of the fact that the results of public education have continuously improved in recent times.
[4] In view of all the foregoing, on the basis of the final statistical data for 2025, as the last step of the 2025 teacher salary increase, a lump-sum payment shall be provided.
[5] The phasing out of school register cards reduces the administrative burden on pedagogues, while increasing the accuracy of data through the spread of digitalisation.
[6] The Government, acting on the authorisation granted under point g) of subsection (2) of Section 85 of Act XXXIII of 1992 on the Legal Status of Public Employees, and with regard to Section 2, acting on the authorisation granted under sub-point ca) of point c) of subsection (4) of Section 94 of Act CXC of 2011 on National Public Education,…