Theory and practice in the comprehensive training program

The mission of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) formulated that the presence and the continuous development of up-to-date professional knowledge is one of the most important resources of the office. In this sense a new training strategy and its representing institution, the “HCSO-School” was elaborated in 2005. The aim of the project was to communicate the general statistical culture and to ensure the presence of special skills, knowledge and expertise necessary to carry out the various tasks of the statistical office on a high level. These skills cannot be acquired in the present Hungarian school system due to a lack of relevant specializations in the tertiary university level education. Some facts and figures that are demonstrated in this paper characterize the 8-years history of the HCSO-School highlighting the importance of the internal training institution.

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