Students also demand that the government increase the number of state-funded places based on professional considerations, particularly in what they say are the unfairly curtailed areas of law and economics.

HOOK has appealed to the European Commission through the European Federation of Student Councils over the higher education law and the student contracts, Nagy announced.

National Resources Ministry higher education undersecretary Norbert Kis attended the demonstration.

He told Inforadio on Wednesday that he will tour the country over the next two weeks to consult high school students and their parents on changes in higher education studies."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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