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HUF 10 million from the charity activity of the Debrecen City Ball will support talented students and their mentors.
Details of this were announced at a press conference at the Old Town Hall on April 24, 2025.
Mayor László Papp noted that Debrecen has a long-standing tradition of supporting talented students.
Among these is the “Cívis Talentum” scholarship, launched by the city, which is provided to students with significant domestic or international educational achievements every year. He pointed out that HUF 10 million from the charity activity of the Debrecen City Ball, organised together with the University of Debrecen and the Hajdú-Bihar County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will be used to support talented secondary school students in Debrecen.
The mayor said that the application will be announced by the Public Foundation for Talented Debrecen Youth, and a jury will review the received applications. He highlighted that all young people studying in secondary schools in Debrecen can apply for the program, regardless of whether they are students from the school district, a vocational training centre, or an institution maintained by the church. The amount can be used for student and mentor support, with HUF 700,000 available for the student and HUF 300,000 for the mentor.
President of the Hajdú-Bihar County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ferenc Miklóssy, said that he believes that the prosperity of a nation today depends on how well it can utilise its human capital. He noted that at least as many talented young people are born in Hungary today as there were a hundred years ago, and supporting them is very important.
Rector of the University of Debrecen, Prof. Dr. Zoltán Szilvássy, said that the university has a strategic decision to address both secondary school and primary school students with its talent development programmes. He said that the call for applications, which will be published around May 10, will primarily target third-year secondary school students and those younger.
Chancellor of the Debrecen Vocational Training Centre, Zsolt Tirpák, noted that Debrecen has always been an intellectual centre, offering ways and opportunities for talent development and embracing talent. “Apart from modern technology, one of the most powerful and important investments is intellectual capital, and supporting students is key, whether in vocational training or public education,” the Chancellor emphasised. He highlighted that students and mentors applying for the program can create a creative team that can apply in ten areas, and these ten areas cover the most essential creative areas of public education and vocational training.
“Knowledge from experience, success from knowledge” – this is the motto and slogan of the Debrecen Regional Education Centre, and I believe that this application also faithfully reflects this motto,” the Director of the Debrecen Regional Education Centre, László Türk, said. He added that they will preserve the talent development that has been present in Debrecen for decades, but at the same time, they will further develop it. With this program, the city once again demonstrates how much education in Debrecen is a matter of the heart.
Source and photo credit:debrecen.hu
