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Report No. 44 to the Storting (2008-2009) - Education strategy

Meld. St. 16 (2016–2017) - Quality Culture in Higher Education

The following text is the first chapter of Meld. St. 16 (2016-2017). The text outlines the main objectives, as well as the Government’s expectations of higher education institutions concerning their work on raising quality in higher education, and

Meld. St. 25 (2016–2017) - The Humanities in Norway

Meld. St. 25 (2016–2017) Report to the Storting (white paper) Summary

This is the first political document to give a full presentation of the humanities in Norway. It discusses how the potential of the humanities may be unleashed in order to meet the major challenges of our time - in business, in cultural life, in

The Independent Schools Act

The objective of this Act is to help facilitate the establishment and operation of independent schools, so that parents and pupils may choose other schools than the government schools, cf. Section 2 no. 2 of the (Norwegian) Human Rights Act.

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Act relating to Tertiary Vocational Education

The Act was amended by Act of 22 june 2018 no. 85 (in force as of 1 Aug 2018). The title of the Act amended by Act of 29 June 2007 no. 90 (in force as of 1 Aug 2007 pursuant to the Decree of 29 June 2007 no. 758). - Cf. previous Acts of 14 June 1985

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The Student Financial Aid Act

The purpose of the student financial aid system is to contribute to equal opportunity to education regardless of geographical circumstances, age, gender, disability, financial and social circumstances.

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Meld. St. 7 (2014-2015) - Long-term plan for research and higher education 2015–2024

Report No. 14 to the Storting (2008-2009) - Internationalisation of Education in Norway

Reduced Recidivism to Crime

National strategy for coordinated reintegration after served sentences 2017-2021

Teacher Education 2025.National Strategy for Quality and Cooperation in Teacher Education.

Better collaboration between schools and teacher education, kindergarten and kindergarten teacher education is one of four overall goals in the strategy.

Immigration and Immigrants 2014–2015

IMO Report for Norway

Report from Norway to the OECD.

Panorama

As a result of the changes occurring globally, cooperation with other countries on other continents will come to play a more important role for the further development of the Norwegian knowledge society.

Report No 14 to the Storting (2019–2020) - The Skills Reform – Lifelong Learning

Students are happy with flexible educational provisions

85% of pupils with flexible and decentralised educational provisions are happy with the academic content, a new report shows. These educational provisions are successful in meeting the needs of working life and help ensure that education and skills

More children than ever attending day care facilities for schoolchildren

A record number of children are participating in day care facilities for schoolchildren (SFO). The increase is related to the fact that the government introduced an offer of 12 hours of free SFO per week for all first-graders in the autumn.

Three in ten daycare facilities do not meet educational standards

New figures show that three in ten daycare facilities in Norway do not meet the required educational standards. The government is now initiating work to develop a new strategy to provide children with better daycare provision, which will, among

NOU 2022: 2 - Academic freedom of expression

A good culture of free speech must be built from the bottom up, every single day

Government to provide student support for electricity costs

The Government is proposing offering an application-based additional loan of NOK 3000 to students at universities, university colleges and vocational schools and adult students studying at upper secondary level in order to cover their electricity

Recently arrived students must receive quality education within three months

The Storting has adopted temporary legislative amendments as a result of the arrival of displaced people from Ukraine. Children who arrive in Norway must be offered quality education within three months. The municipalities have an obligation to

Government changes admission rules for refugees who want to study

It will now be easier for refugees to be admitted to higher education in Norway. As a temporary arrangement, displaced people without a Higher Education Entrance Qualification may apply for a place at a higher education institution.