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Hungary: Every child should learn to swim!

13 July 2022
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The Programme, established by the Hungarian Swimming Association and funded by the Hungarian Government, started on 1 February 2022 and aims to ensure that all children learn to swim. 

The goal is to reach more than three hundred thousand children with the involvement of three hundred sport facilities by 2028. As part of this unique program, swimming education included in the school curriculum as part of the physical education classes, being provided free of charge by trained professionals. 

After completing the curriculum, students will be able to swim one hundred meters in three different swimming strokes continuously, and move safely and confidently in the deep water. The first round of the Programme starts with the involvement of about twelve thousand kindergarten and primary school children in twenty cities. The number of cities and participants will expand in further stages.

Source:  Eurydice Unit Hungary

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