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High school accused of ‘apartheid’

A high school in Oslo was ordered by city education officials to immediately halt its practice of segregating classes by ethnic background, saying they...

Teachers’ decline blamed on low pay

Researchers, not just the labour unions representing teachers, are now blaming relatively low pay for what they claim is a marked decline in the...

‘Bureaucracy ruining the schools’

The party led by Norway's Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen, the Socialist Left (SV), has long enjoyed support from teachers but now it's struggling in...

UiO celebrates with honorary PhDs

The University of Oslo (UiO) has awarded 17 honorary doctorate degrees as part of its 200th anniversary celebrations, which are being held all year...

Record numbers studying abroad

Never before have so many Norwegians been registered for studies at colleges and universities outside Norway. The number of Norwegian students studying abroad is...

Day care ‘not harmful’ for infants

The vast majority of Norwegian parents place their children in state-supported day care centers as soon as their maternity and paternity leave runs out,...

Gifted students get attention

Parents of gifted students in Norway have long complained that their children are overlooked in the schools, and get bored because they're held back...

Bright kids overlooked in schools

Fear of elitist behavior in Norway has resulted in a lack of needed systems to aid brighter children, claim educational researchers in a new...

New courses to fight anti-Semitism

Norway's minister for education, Kristin Halvorsen, has reacted to recent figures about increasing anti-Semitism in schools by introducing courses for teachers that will instruct...

Norway’s ‘russ’ – the good, the bad and the ugly

NEWS COMMENTARY: As the end of another school year draws to a close, the annual party season for graduating students known as "russ" is...
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