Women in majority in Norwegian language and civic studies
A total of 39 500 participants were registered in Norwegian language and civic studies for adult immigrants in 2014, which is 800 more than the previous…
Education
Fewer pupils in web-based courses
In total, there were 14 200 participants in web-based schools in the autumn of 2015, a decrease of 13 per cent from 2014. Almost two thirds…
Teachers will not have to worry about new competence requirements until 2025
Experienced teachers who do not meet the government’s new competence requirements, will be allowed to continue to teach until 2025. The government has agreed to…
Study: Lack of sleep may change the structure of the brain
New research suggest that sleep deprivation causes changes in the brain after only one night without sleep. We already know that sleep deprivation impairs brain…
42 crafts are endangered
42 crafts are in danger of dying out due to lack of recruitment. Crafts such as gunsmithing, blacksmithing, plaster making, cabinet making and braziering are…
Psychologists hunting for boys
Fewer and fewer men are psychologists, and this may become a social problem, the University of Oslo thinks. Now they will organize a separate boy’s…
Record number of applicants to the Police University College
This year, like last year, the Police University College beat its own record for total number of applicants. When this year’s deadline expired on 1…
Conservative Party in Nord-Trøndelag wants to ban hijab for children
Nord-Trøndelag Right want a ban on children in primary schools wearing the hijab at school, . The Nord Trøndelag chapter of the Conservative party held…
How good is your Norwegian?
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Students use translation program to cheat with Nynorsk
Teachers worry about their students using a translation program for Nynorsk. They ask the government to put a stop to mandatory grades in the subject….
Women still have a higher educational level than men
The score for the indicator that measures the balance in educational levels between men and women has fallen every year since 2008. In 2014, however,…
Bærum Pupil won math competition
Weronika Wrzos-Kaminska from Nadderud high school in Bærum topped the Abel contest and gets to represent Norway in the International Mathematical Olympiad. Wrzos-Kaminska first outdistanced …
Proposes major changes and closures in vocational courses and education
The need for more skilled workers in Norway is growing, but many of the current certificates are not given priority in the workplace. Because of…
Record number of people want foreign education approved
The country with the largest number of applications is still Poland, with a total of 1255 applications for the approval of education. On the next…
Psychological Association warns against studying abroad
Psychologist Association is skeptical to the increasing number of Norwegians studying psychology abroad. None of the psychology studies offered, that we know of, is anywhere…
Three out of ten trainees are women
Six out of ten pupils in upper secondary education attend programs for general studies, the majority of them are women. In vocational education program the…
Minister Aspaker opened pre-school for Roma children in Sofia
“Education is the way out of poverty for many Roma people in Europe. That is why Norway supports measures that enables Roma people to improve…
The Minister of Education wants more emergency drills at schools
The Minister of Education Torbjørn Roe Isaksen believes Norwegian schools needs to practice more on the ways to respond to unforeseen violence incidents than they…
The Conservatives in Telemark will consider hijab ban in the elementary schools
The Conservative politician Mahmoud Farahmand Telemark wants to ban the use of hijab in elementary school. This is a debate that needs to be addressed…
Schools pay private companies for security help
Half of the upper secondary schools in Rogaland pay private companies for help in preventing serious school incidents. It may be that principals are “waking…
