The Role of the Ferenc Rákóczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College in the Improvement of Human Resources of Transcarpathia

Abstract

Abstract. The beginning of the Ferenc Rákóczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College (the former Transcarpathian Hungarian Teacher Training College) and the issue of its licence was a result of a “fortunate” political constellation and bargains concluded within it. The formation of the college dates back to the year 1993 when the Foundation for Transcarpathian Hungarian College was registered. Its founder members were the Hungarian Cultural Alliance of Transcarpathia, the Reformed Church of Transcarpathia, the Transcarpathian Union of Hungarian Educators and the Town Council of Beregszász. The Foundation instantly asked the György Bessenyei Teacher Training College of Nyíregyháza (Hungary) to provide the appropriate course programmes and lecturers for starting the training (I. OROSZ, 1997). Thus a so called "special training' was created, which was a transition from a correspondence course to a regular one. It means that students were taught at the weekends, from Friday noon to Sunday afternoon, i. e. when the college of Nyíregyháza could place its lecturers at disposal of the Transcarpathian institution. The training itself started in September 1994 in Beregszász, Transcarpathia with four branches: English-Geography, English-History, Primary School Teaching and Nursery School Teaching. The place for the training was found within the walls of the Hungarian Grammar School of Beregszász. After successful completion of the four-year course students have got a diploma of Hungarian pattern.