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Key players of the education system: teachers in Transcarpathia in the years of the Ukrainian crisis

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2022-11-06
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Ferenc, V. (2022). Key players of the education system: teachers in Transcarpathia in the years of the Ukrainian crisis. CROSS-SECTIONS - Social Science Journal, 7(1), 165-196. https://doi.org/10.18392/metsz/2018/1/7
Abstract

 In spring 2017 a survey was carried out among 338 practicing Transcarpathian Hungarian teachers about their material and professional satisfaction and migration plans. The study highlighted that one of the most crucial problems of the teachers is the low salary. Among those who are contemplating migration the main push factor is material dissatisfaction, followed by family and partnership reasons. However, we cannot speak about professional burn-out in their case. 72% of the respondents, without being satisfied with their situation, still does not think about migration, or is pretty sure about staying at the homeland. 84 persons (25%) belong to an endangered group, in which people embrace the idea of migration. Only 5 persons have done concrete steps in this direction. In these two groups we find mainly youger teachers. The most important destination country is Hungary. Among the respondents there is high number of Hungarian citizenship holders, however it is not an obvious catalyst of migration: people who are willing to go or willing to stay cannot be differentiated according to this aspect.