Nearly 3,000 children have not returned to kindergartens or daycare facilities after they reopened, estimates Private Kindergartens National Association (PBL), which is concerned. “The estimate…
The average Norwegian household paid just over NOK 2,900 a month for a daycare center place ,with dietary allowance and other supplementary expenses, in January…
In a recent survey, 24 percent of parents with preschool children said they want to keep their children home and away from kindergartens when they…
From 2021, all kindergartens will be required to survey the Norwegian knowledge of the children. Today, this is only done in one of three kindergartens….
Do Norwegian kindergartens hold the secret key to happiness? We have been hearing about Norway for years being one of the top countries in the…
The government has granted NOK 9 million to kindergartens in five Norwegian cities. The goal is to recruit children to kindergartens in vulnerable areas. ‘’A…
1000 more kindergartens meet the requirement for staffing standards The staffing density in Norwegian kindergartens has increased significantly from 2017 to 2018. “This is very…
Inga wants to tighten funds for private kindergartens Oslo City Councillor, Inga Marte Thorkildsen (Socialists), wish to tighten the grants to private kindergartens. She rejects…
Parents with children in private kindergartens are most satisfied Nine out of ten parents are happy with their kindergartens. The most satisfied are parents with…
A survey carried out by the Municipal Report shows that private kindergartens serve more hot food and take up more costs. In the survey…
Fears mass closure of small kindergartens One of four small kindergartens is at risk of being shut down when requirements for workers are introduced this…
Oslo municipality has tightened the rules for the requirement for knowledge of Norwegian language for assistants in kindergartens and schools. Up to now, there…
At least 28 cases of abuse in Norwegian schools and kindergartens in 2017 In 2017 there were at least 28 abuse cases where employees in…
Doors with windows will enable kindergarten employees to follow their children better to prevent abuse. Over 530 doors in 73 municipal kindergartens in Bergen…
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen: – Not legal to differentiate between kindergartens The Ministry of Education believes that municipalities can not discriminate between private and ideal kindergartens…
While Oslo‘s private kindergartens have to pay property tax, the municipal run kindergartens are exempt. Unfair, says the Conservatives. That’s the law, responds the municipality….
From 2007 to present, the number of kindergartens which are open ten hour hours or more increased from one in four to one in three,…
One of the accused in the great assault case that is under investigation in Bergen, has worked in eleven different kindergartens in the city. The…
Employees at kindergartens, Vinmonopolet, airport express, student organizations and other businesses may go on strike if not Spectrum does not reach an agreement on pensions…
Strikes in 112 private kindergartens may start from Tuesday for about a week if the mediation between Private Kindergarten Association and three unions are not…