Some 227,159 ethnic Hungarian children and youth beyond the borders are receiving support this year through the government scheme dubbed Szülőföldön magyarul, an official of the Prime Minister’s Office said. Árpád János Potápi, the state secretary of policies for Hungarian communities abroad, said in a statement that the scheme played an important role in enabling Hungarian children and youth beyond the borders to study in their mother tongue in their place of birth. The government has been offering this type of support since the 2002/2003 academic year. All ethnic Hungarians studying in their mother tongue in their place of birth are eligible to apply for gross 100,000 forints (EUR 250) education-upbringing support and 100,000 forints student support, he added. This year 237,296 applications were submitted and 227,159 were approved, he said. The transfer of support will start next week and continue in the upcoming weeks, he added.