Tag: schools
Summer school attendance doubles
The number of Oslo children attending relatively new summer school programs in the Norwegian capital has doubled in the past three years, reports newspaper...
Language studies vary by region
A new survey of which foreign languages Norwegian students choose to study reveals marked differences depending on where in the country they live. Students in...
Oslo keen to launch English schools
Politicians at City Hall in Oslo plan to apply for state permission to open two new international schools in the Norwegian capital where all...
School evacuation an ‘over-reaction’
City orders to evacuate schools in Oslo on Thursday were unnecessary and an "over-reaction" to concerns that fire extinguishers might explode on contact. Importers...
Officials evacuate schools in Oslo
Schools all over Oslo were under evacuation orders on Thursday, after education officials worried that some fire extinguishers installed at the schools could explode....
‘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...
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...
School shooting threat in Bergen
UPDATED 18.00 CET: A junior high school in Bergen, west Norway, was evacuated this Tuesday morning after a national newspaper received a message from...
Minister urges toddler testing
Norway's education minister, Kristin Halvorsen, has released a new parliamentary report that seeks to reduce the number of Norwegian children receiving special education, including...
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