Demonstrators marching on Andrássy út around 3pm today. (Photo: MTI/Zsolt Szigetváry)

Braving the rain on the Hungarian National holiday, teachers and protestors chanted and called for change in government as they protested poor management and political interference in the education of Hungary’s children.

Teachers and parents complain that KLIK, the centralized body that has been administering schools is broke, and cannot afford to pay for basic school supplies. Critics of the system also complain that KLIK promotes a politically inspired curriculum, which involves a lot of memorization and a lack of analytical thinking.