Óraszám

Óraszám is a Hungarian term used to refer to the number of instructional hours allocated to a subject or program within a curriculum. The word is formed from órá, meaning hour, and szám, meaning number or count. In educational contexts, óraszám is usually expressed as a weekly figure and, in some cases, as an annual total, indicating how many class periods are devoted to a subject within the school timetable.

In practice, óraszám informs curriculum planning, resource allocation, and reporting on compliance with curricular requirements. Schools and education authorities publish curricula that specify the óraszám for each subject at different grade levels, noting which hours are mandatory and which are elective. The concept varies by education level (primary vs. secondary), by school type, and by subject, with adjustments occurring during curriculum reforms or transitions between grades.

A typical teaching hour, or óra, in Hungarian schools is commonly around 45 minutes, so the weekly óraszám can be interpreted as the number of 45-minute sessions per week dedicated to a subject. The annual total hours for a student are generally the weekly óraszám multiplied by the number of active school weeks.

Óraszám serves as a metric of workload and time allocation within the education system. While mainly used in Hungarian-language sources and official documents, it is related to, and sometimes used interchangeably with, tanóraszám (lesson hours) in discussions of curriculum design and timetable planning.