The latest curriculum of 2012 defines key competences, development fields and educational objectives. None of the development fields is related directly to art education. One of the nine key competences is aesthetic / artistic awareness and expression (in accordance with EU recommendations).
Table 7: Recommended amounts of lessons (in %) per education fields, National Curricula, 2012
| Education Fields | 1-4th grade | 5-6th grade | 7-8th grade | 9-10th grade | 11-12th grade |
| Hungarian Language and Literature | 27-40 | 15-22 | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10 |
| Foreign Languages | 2-6 | 10-18 | 10-15 | 12-20 | 13 |
| Mathematics | 13-20 | 13-18 | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10 |
| Society | 4-8 | 6-10 | 10-15 | 8-15 | 10 |
| Nature | 4-8 | 6-10 | 15-20 | 15-20 | 10 |
| Environmental Studies | – | 2-4 | 4-8 | 5-8 | – |
| Arts | 14-20 | 10-16 | 8-15 | 8-15 | 6 |
| Informatics | 2-5 | 4-8 | 4-8 | 4-8 | 4 |
| Lifestyle | 4-8 | 4-10 | 4-10 | 4-8 | – |
| Sport | 20-25 | 20-25 | 15-20 | 14-20 | 15 |
A minimum of two weekly “Singing and music” lessons and one “Drawing” lesson are included in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools.
Table 8: Number of pupils and pupil/teacher ratios in basic art schools in 2020
| Field / Domain | Pupils | Pupils per teacher |
| Classical music | 70 800 | 6.3 |
| Folk music | 6 000 | 9.0 |
| Jazz | 900 | 7.3 |
| Electro-acoustic music | 2 200 | 7.1 |
| Dance | 59 100 | 37.8 |
| Visual arts and crafts | 31 000 | 26.9 |
| Theatre | 9 300 | 13.5 |
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