Mr Orbán said it is not irrelevant what Hungary’s future will be like, no one likes to see what they worked hard for destroyed. Addressing the attendees of the event, he added “it’s good to meet the future because you are Hungary’s future, and it’s good to see for my kind of old warhorse that the future that you will be writing will be world-class.”
He also said the winners of last year’s Star of the Profession came third in the Euroskills competition in the European Union in professions which are timeproof either because they are the most cutting-edge or because they are old, well-respected professions.
The Prime Minister said this success is proof of the fact that the government bet on the right horse when, in cooperation with the Chamber, they reinforced vocational training: they introduced a scholarship system, reinforced the profession of teachers and instructors, and refurbished schools and workshops.
In the OECD countries, the percentage of workers entering the labour market with vocational qualifications is the third highest in Hungary, he pointed out.
Mr Orbán also spoke about the fact that the whole world was undergoing a process of transformation, and no one knew precisely what the future would hold. Tried and tested answers and established solutions are becoming questionable. The labour market is changing, new things are coming, there is no way of knowing who will have a job and who will not, he detailed.
Hungary must stand its ground in a world where it is becoming increasingly difficult to access cheap, affordable energy and where security is becoming an ever more precious asset because it is ever more difficult to maintain public order, to keep the country away from terrorism and to stay out of the war taking place in Hungary’s immediate neighbourhood, he listed the problems, adding that due to the war in the Middle East, masses of migrants in the millions may set out for Hungary.
He stressed: whether Hungary will stand its ground in such a situation depends increasingly on young people about to start work. If they do their jobs well, then Hungary will stand its ground; if not, Hungary will sink, he stressed, adding that Hungary’s future depends on the quality of work.
He warned: the world has become an increasingly dangerous place and it is an ever more burning issue in “pro-war countries” whether there will be jobs. Factories are being closed down, declining industries are leaving Europe, and it is also ever more questionable whether there will be energy.
“We, too, must decide, Dear Young People: war or peace; growth or wartime economy,” Mr Orbán said, suggesting to the young people taking part in the competition held annually for the students of vocational training institutions that they forge an alliance. He asked young people to study in the next few years and then become the best in their professions because this way both their families and their country will become successful.
Meanwhile, the government, too, will be doing its job, protecting the country and guaranteeing the necessary conditions so that young people only have to focus on their jobs.
“Build, study, work and settle your future, while we make every effort to make sure that there is a country where you can do all that. We will stay out of the war and will not allow the fruit and profit of your work to be burnt on the frontline of one war or another. We will protect and keep what we have, and on which, in a year or two, you will be able to build your own successful future, and then you can also take the lead,” he added.
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