Escape room to be established in a Hungarian elementary school

According to Index.hu, escape rooms might be created in Szlovák Elementary School in Szarvas. The Ministry of Human Resources subsided the idea with 72 million HUF (233 thousand Euros). The themes of the escape rooms would be connected to the curriculum and changed during the school year.

Mrs Mátyás Nyemcsok director of the school told MTI that they would create two escape rooms from the four unused rooms in the student’s hostel’s attic.

The plans are being made at the moment, the pupils will possibly be able to use the rooms starting from next year.

One class will use the rooms at least five times a year, according to the plans.

The tasks will be put together based on the curriculum. Juniors can escape the rooms with reading knowledge; the older pupils will need an objective understanding of the material. According to the plans, the groups of 4-6 pupils will not be told beforehand which school material they have to study for the next days, thus inciting them to study for each material.

Besides knowledge, children’s social competences can be enhanced this way, since a team has to work together in order to escape as quickly as possible.