Tag: education
Officials crack down on school violence
Three government ministers, top politicians from the City of Oslo and the Norwegian capital's chief of police were among those sitting down for a...
School violence ‘shocks’ minister
Norway's acting state education minister was calling on Thursday for an emergency meeting after reports of violence at a high school in Oslo. It's...
School ordered to refund students’ fees
A private communications school that overcharged tuition and landed in various other trouble was ordered on Wednesday to refund nearly NOK 30 million to former...
‘Too much English’ for language council
Norway's national council charged with strengthening the Norwegian language (Språkrådet) is worried that children and youth are being assailed with far too much English...
Former students fight school ‘swindle’
Former students of the Westerdals School of Communications in Oslo packed a local courtroom this week as their case against the school drew to a...
‘Be nice,’ urges new UiO rector
When the University of Oslo's new rector, Svein Stølen, welcomed students at the start of the new academic year last week, among the advice he...
Tougher rules curbed school absenteeism
Norway's Education Ministry was claiming this week that its crackdown on absenteeism at the high school level has led to a 40 percent reduction...
Westerdals relieved after criminal probe was dropped
Officials at the Oslo-based Westerdals Schools of Communications could take off on summer holidays with a sense of relief, after the Norwegian police dropped a criminal...
Commission recommends rearranging school year
Norway's state Ministry of Education has been told it should hold final examinations for graduating high school students later in the year, and closer...
Number of smokers cut by half
Only 12 percent of the Norwegian population now smokes, half as many who smoked 10 years ago. More Norwegians are using chewing tobacco, though,...
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