A HUF 23 billion program will support the vocational training of disadvantaged young people and HUF 6.6 bln will be available for providing personalized career guidance and career counselling services.
Hankó said the vocational training programme is expected to help around 20,000 young people, while the career guidance program will reach 171,000 young people.
Institutions participating in the training scheme can receive support of between HUF 20 mln and HUF 500 mln.
At least 40 and a maximum of 114 institutions across the country can participate. The minister said that the dropout rate in vocational training has fallen to 5.8% from 8.6% in the past three years and noted the effects of scholarships supporting training.



