Tag: schools
MP takes on summer school job
Kristin Vinje, former head of finance for the City of Oslo and now a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party, decided not...
Royal debate rages as teachers strike
NEWS ANALYSIS: As angry and demoralized Norwegian teachers voted to go on strike this week, debate continues to fly over the crown couple's decision last week to...
Teachers vote to go on strike
UPDATED: Norwegian public schools look set for labour trouble when they're due to reopen after the summer holidays that began this week. Tens of thousands...
Royals fend off private school fuss
Crown Prince Haakon was forced on Wednesday to publicly defend his controversial decision to pull his children out of Norwegian public school. He and...
More graduates seek higher education
More Norwegians graduating from high school this spring are applying for higher education than ever before. Nearly 120,000 sought admission to local colleges and...
Major strikes loom in the public sector
More than 600,000 employees of state and local governments may walk off the job from May 26 if they fail to iron out their...
Oslo school absentee rules softened
The Oslo school commissioner has eased the city's stringent rules around student absenteeism after a flood of complaints from parents. Commissioner Anniken Hauglie acknowledged...
School plans to confiscate mobile phones
The principal of a junior high school in Drammen is so worried about how students are using their mobile phones that she wants to...
Textbooks accused of left-wing bias
Social studies textbooks used in Norwegian schools are not politically neutral, according to members of Norway's youth political parties. The textbook authors, and their...
School starts amidst Internet debate
Norwegian students were heading back to schools all over the country this week, most of them armed with portable computers and other high-tech gear....
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