Education in the Hungarian People's Republic [antikvár]

Foreword This report on Hungarian education is one of many Office of Educa- tion reports over the years on education in countries outside the United States. A comprehensive study of all major levels and types of education in the Hungarian educational system, it is the first such scholarly study, as far as can be ascertained, to present a report on Hungarian education under Communism to American readers. The author, Dr. Randolph L. Braham, professor at The City College of the City University of New York, brings to the present study his previous experiences in preparing two other publications for the Office of Education—Education in the Rumanian People's Republic (1963) and Israel: A Modern Education System (1966). To the task of prepar- ing all three studies he has brought painstaking scholarship, fluency in the native languages, and personal knowledge of the countries. For this study on Hungarian education the author has again engaged in extensive documentary research. In the United States he consulted collections on Hungarian education located at Teachers College in New York, the Library of Congress in Washington, and the library of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in Washington. In Hungary, he examined major collections located at various libraries and archives, including the Pedagogical Library in Budapest. The education specialists whom the author consulted in Hungary included some associated with the Hungarian Ministry of Culture, as well as others associated with educational and cultural institutions and organizations. He consulted also with U.S. officials stationed in Buda- pest. He received advice and suggestions from many education specialists in the United States. The Office of Education and the author wish to thank all these special- ists and officials for their interest and help. Particular thanks are due Mr. Ed Alexander, Cultural Officer, U.S. Embassy in Budapest; Dr. Sándor Kiss, sociologist and national editor of East Europe, and Miss Marion Szigethy, librarian, both in New York. Robert Leestma Associate Commissioner for International Education