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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,...

Business schools win spots on new list

The Economist magazine has ranked master's degree programs in management for the first time, and both of Norway's major business schools won spots in the...

Historic property takes on new role

The City of Oslo has paid NOK 338.2 million (USD 40 million) for two square blocks of historic barracks located adjacent to the historic...

Government lures teachers to Northern Norway

An acute lack of teachers in Norway's three northernmost counties of Finnmark, Troms and Nordland has prompted the government to offer incentives in the form...

Wristwatches to be banned during exams

The University of Oslo is imposing a ban on the use of all wristwatches during exams, because many of them have become too smart. The...

Troubled Westerdals set for takeover

Westerdals, the private communications school in Oslo whose owners landed in trouble after claiming too much public funding and over-charging students, has been bought...

Schools produce better test scores

Norwegian teenagers are performing much better on national and international tests. A batch of new test results are among the best ever, although many Norwegian...

Business school NHH challenges rival’s turf

Norway's Bergen-based business school NHH (Norges Handelshøyskole) plans to challenge its arch-rival Handelshøyskolen BI on its own home turf in Oslo. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN)...

Budget removes source of underemployment

The conservative government's budget proposal delivered today includes NOK 60 million to help finance high school for immigrants in Norway whose own high school...
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