Students rally against the government in Budapest, Hungary, January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of Hungarian schoolchildren and university students protested outside parliament on Friday to demand reform of an education system they say fails to prepare them for life in the 21st century.
The students say the system is too rigidly focused on rote-learning and blind memorisation of facts and does not encourage critical thinking or creativity.
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