Ferenc Aurel Jancso

After graduating from university, he taught at the Fáy András Gymnasium in Budapest from 1957. From that year, vocational secondary school training in the toolmaking department began at Fáy. The education was the first in the country to be provided within the framework of dual training, with the vocational training taking place at the Budapest Lamp Factory. During the 12 years he spent at Fáy, he mostly taught physics in gymnasium classes and in the evening and correspondence classes of the school for independent workers operating in the school building.

In adult education, a two-year training program for those with a vocational certificate, leading to a high school diploma, began in 1969. Initially, this meant eight additional classes, which required the involvement of another school and its teachers. He was asked to perform the duties of deputy principal, which he accepted and independently ran the eight classes located at the Irinyi János Chemical Industrial Vocational High School on Gyáli út, with the involvement of teachers from the local school.

In the fall of 1972, he took a job at the Computer Engineering Department of the Institute of Construction Economics and Organization with the fundamental reason of acquiring knowledge in the field of computer engineering and practicing it. He worked there as a group leader.

In 1977, he won a position as a secondary school principal at the Hámán Kató Secondary School of Economics and Business Administration in Budapest's 2nd district. With the help of patronizing institutions, the school acquired an ESZR R-20 computer. FORTRAN and COBOL were taught. Students received a computer programming or computer process management qualification upon graduation. In 1991, the school was able to take the name Kalmár László Secondary School of Computer Science. The Hungarian Post Office celebrated this event by issuing a commemorative postcard.

Due to the rapid development of computer technology, large computers were gradually replaced by computers, so in order to keep education close to practice, education was continued with networked personal computers (PCs). General applications were also taught, e.g. spreadsheets and word processors. At the request of the Capital, Ferenc Jancsó also participated in the establishment of another computer science secondary school, the Neumann János Computer Science Secondary School.

Organized by ESHA (European Schoolhead of Hungarian Association), he was able to get acquainted with the educational practices in several countries: e.g. South Africa, Israel, Sweden, Germany.

He retired after 20 years as a director. In recognition of his work as a teacher, educator, and organizer, he received the Golden Chair Award, and then in 1996 the László Németh Award from the Minister of Culture.