J�SZ-NAGYKUN-SZOLNOK - Education, health and culture
Sound secondary education, but no university
For historical and social reasons, the average level of education is lower than nationally. This is despite the fact that the facilities for elementary education are good, and a sound secondary school network has been built. A number of the secondary schools enjoy national renown and participate in the World Bank's qualification modernisation programme.
There is no university in the county but there are four education institutions: two independent colleges and one military one and a faculty of a university based in a different county. The College of Commerce and Economics stands out, with more than 3�000 students. Teachers, agriculturists, commercial, hotel and catering and foreign trade professionals are trained in the colleges and the Military College specialises in aviation instruction. These colleges attract students from all over the country.
Five hospitals function in the county offering a wide range of services. The greater co-ordination between the institutions and the formation of the ambulance and emergency service has greatly increased effectiveness.
Musical life
The county has 24 museums, with the most important being the Damjanich János Museum. The Szolnok Gallery is also important.
There are classical music orchestras which are famous by their traditions and their national and foreign guest artists who participate at their concerts inside in the county and out of it too. 1965 is the date of founding of Szolnok Symphonic Orchestra which worked together with Isaac Stern and Gidon Kremer in concerts organized in Szigligeti Theatre in Szolnok. Phoenix Chorus of Kisújszállás or Choir of Tiszafüred also represent the high level of the county's cultural values.
Theatre life of the county is in connection with Szigligeti Theatre of Szolnok. The Theatre was instituted at the end of 1810s. The opening celebration was organized on 20 April 1912. Reconstruction works were realized in the 1920s, in the 1960s and in the first years of the 1990s. The present building of the theatre is equipped with modern fittings and now is one of the most famous ornaments of the town.
Many of Hungary's finest painters have worked in the Szolnok Artists' Colony. There is a tradition of folk art in the county, concentrating mainly on pottery, embroidery, weaving, woodcarving and fur crafts.
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