More than HUF 300 million in support for the summer student work program in Békés county

In the past eleven years, the government has helped 20,000 young people in the county find summer jobs with about HUF 2 billion. During the eleven years of the program so far, the government has supported the employment of approximately 300,000 pupils and students nationwide with a total of HUF 30 billion – they explain. According to the announcement, the largest employers within the summer student work program are local governments. The catering industry and tourism are the second, while only a small part of the students work in agriculture. The goal of the program is to achieve full employment, reduce youth inactivity, gain early work experience and work income; to this end, they encourage the vacation employment of high school and university students with wage subsidies. HUF 3.8 billion is available nationally for the implementation of the program.