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Information on the procedure of issuing a combined certificate of oral (type A) and written (type B) language exams to combined (type C) examinations
The Government Decree No. 137/2008 (V. 16.) contains the detailed regulations of equivalence, consequently neither an application for nor issue of certificates is required.
The institutions using language certificates (secondary schools, colleges/universities, employers etc.) applying the rule of law accept the separately presented oral (type A) and written (type B) certificates as equivalent to combined (type C) certificates.
Upon specifically justified requests, the Accreditation Centre for Foreign Language Examinations of the Educational Authority of Hungary (OH-NYAK) delivers a certificate as to the rules of procedure below.
To start a procedure the following documents are to be presented together:
- a copy of both the oral (type A) and written (type B) certificates,
- the administration fee can be paid by cheque or can be transferred to account No. 10032000-00282637 with the notice ”NYAK – honosítás”. In either of the cases the voucher is to be presented.
How to obtain the documents?
- Cheques, “Request” forms and information leaflets can be obtained at OH-NYAK in person (see: Office hours), or by post.
How to present the documents?
- In person at the above address and time,
- by post to the address of OH-NYAK.
Administration fee
Ft 3.000 to be paid to OH-NYAK exclusively by a cheque provided by NYAK for this specific purpose.
Procedure
The procedure lasts for 30 days at maximum. The certificates are posted by NYAK.
No modification to submitted applications or requests for the refund of administration fee are possible.
Legal regulation of the procedure
Upon Government Decree No. 137/2008 (V. 16.) partial examinations of the same language can be combined. Special purposes partial exam can only be combined if they are of the same special purposes.
After the combination of partial exams, the existence of an equivalent certificate is certified by OH-NYAK on request.
The combination of part-exams is certified by OH-NYAK on request.
Upon the 3rd supplement to the above-mentioned decree, partial exams can be combined as to this table:
| oral (type A) exams |
G1 |
G1 |
G1 |
G1 |
G2 |
G2 |
G2 |
G2 |
T1 |
T1 |
T1 |
T1 |
T2 |
T2 |
T2 |
T2 |
| written (type B) exams |
G1 |
G2 |
T1 |
T2 |
G1 |
G2 |
T1 |
T2 |
G1 |
G2 |
T1 |
T2 |
G1 |
G2 |
T1 |
T2 |
| complex (type C) merged |
G1 |
G1 |
G1 |
G1 |
G1 |
G2 |
G1 |
G2 |
G1 |
G1 |
T1 |
T1 |
G1 |
G2 |
T1 |
T2 |
Markings
G = general purposes, T = technical purposes
1 = monolingual, 2 = bilingual
Partial exams of different levels are added together to create a combined certificate (type C) as to the partial exam certificate of the lower level:
elementary level oral (or written) + intermediate level written (or oral) = elementary level combined,
intermediate level oral (or written) + advanced level written (or oral) = intermediate level combined.
This applies to the combination of both general and special purposes certificates.
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