Record number of teachers seek further education, but still not enough
The Minister of Education, Jan Tore Sanner of Høyre (H), is pleased that more than 11,000 teachers have applied for further education in 2019. There…
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Must make an effort for English teachers
Municipalities must make an effort for English teachers In several Norwegian counties, almost half of the English teachers lack the competence that the Norwegian Government…
3rd way for teacher grade requirement
The Socialists (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) propose a third way regarding the disputed character requirements for becoming a teacher in Norway. The compromise entails maintaining the Government’s requirement for the grade 4 (out of 6) in mathematics – but open up for applicants with 4 as their average grade as well.
Strong growth in threats and violence against teachers in Oslo
In 2017, 3,170 cases of violence and threats were reported in Oslo schools, an increase of 63 per cent from the previous year. “These…
Strong increase in the number of teachers taking further education
7,207 teachers received approval of their applications for further education in 2018. It’s been a doubling since 2014, according to the Ministry of Education….
Debt relief should create more student teachers
Young people who consider education as teachers should note the fresh debt relief scheme. It can reduce the student loan by more than 100,000 kroner….
Teacher sues Oslo municipality after being attacked by student
A teacher has sued Oslo municipality after he was attacked by a student in 2014 and suffered life-threatening injuries. Clemens Saers, associate professor at…
Oslo Municipality lacks 340 teachers
Oslo municipality must employ 340 new teachers to reach the new teacher’s mandate that Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) passed before Christmas. Several major cities must…
Over 10,000 teachers have applied for further education
Rarely have so many teachers applied for further education as this year. Over 10,000 teachers applied before the deadline. A total of 10,147 teachers…
Survey: Many teachers believe classes are too big
Survey: A third of the teachers believe their classes are too big A total of 33 percent of the teachers who participated in a new…
Teachers under-report students absence
Teachers under-report students absence Teachers do not write down students absence to avoid them losing assessment. “Unacceptable,” says Secretary of State Bjørn Haugstad (Conservatives) in…
Twice as many cases of violence
Teachers in Oslo report twice as many cases of violence Last year, 1,940 cases of violence against teachers in Oslo are reported, as opposed to…
Wants more teachers in kindergarten
The Government will increase the proportion of teachers in the nursery school to strengthen the work of early intervention. – We want more of the…
30,000 teachers lack education in their subjects
Almost half of the English teachers in primary schools do not fulfil the competency requirements in the subjects they teach. The same applies to 36%…
Lowest proportion of kindergarten/daycare teachers in Oslo and Bærum
There are large differences from municipality to municipality in the proportion of skilled staff in kindergartens. Amongst the ten most populous municipalities, the proportion is…
Teachers will learn more about mental health
Teachers want more knowledge and skills to handle students’ mental health problems, according to a new doctoral thesis. Stine Margrethe Ekornes at the University of…
Several unqualified teachers in Norwegian schools
While stricter requirements for young people who want to become teachers are introduced, the use of teachers without teacher training has increased by over 20…
Four out of ten student teachers failed their mathematics exams
37 percent of student teachers who took national midterm exams in mathematics, received a failing grade. On May 11 this year 997 students in the…
Fewer people want to become teachers
The new requirements for student teachers may have frightened several young people from applying. This year the number of people applying for the largest teacher…
Six out of ten teachers had applications for furthering their education approved
Over 10,000 teachers have applied for furthering their education. Now 6,635 of the applications have been approved. – It’s great to see so many teachers…