Tag: schools
Westerdals refunds the state
The private school Westerdals has settled a dispute with the state by agreeing to repay NOK 42 million in public funding that it should...
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...
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...
Police probe string of false bomb threats
Several schools around Norway all received bomb threats from a man speaking English on Wednesday. The schools were all evacuated and no bombs were...
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...
Westerdals settles with 750 former students
Around two-thirds of the former students at troubled private Oslo high school Westerdals who were overcharged tuition fees have accepted the school's compensation offer...
Another ‘russ’ critically injured
From the "worst 'russ' season ever" to the "one of the worst things that can happen:" A 19-year-old partying high school student known as a...
Westerdals now under police probe
Police have raided the once-well-regarded private communications school Westerdals in Oslo, while Norway's white-collar crime unit Økokrim has charged it with claiming far more state financial...
Ex-students ponder Westerdals offer
Students who paid excessive tuition fees while attending the private and now troubled Westerdals communications school are evaluating whether they'll accept a compensation offer from new school officials....
Isaksen admits to poor regulation of Westerdals
Norwegian Education Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen was probably looking forward to the weekend after a rough week in Parliament. He had to answer for...
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