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Eurydice

EACEA National Policies Platform:Eurydice

Norway

Admission requirements and choice of ECEC setting

Children have a guaranteed place in a kindergarten, within the municipality in which they live, from the age of 1 year until the age of 6 years, when they begin primary school. They are not guaranteed a place in a specific kindergarten. Private providers and municipalities with available capacity can also offer places for children younger than 1 year. However, as paid parental leave of absence from work has a duration of almost 1 year, few parents or guardians apply for a place before the child has turned 1 year old.

Upper secondary education has more freedom than the primary and lower secondary levels to provide organisational variations and alternative structures, in adaption to the profile of the subject and within the frames of the National Curriculum.

Pupils with special needs or pupils that are hospitalized or admitted to an institution for a longer period of time are facilitated in line with the prerequisites outlined with regard to single structure education. 

Distance education: 

Legislation

The Norwegian Government did an effort in 2019 to translate a number of Acts and Regulations in English. The Acts and Regulations translated in English that are relevant for the Ministry of Education and Research are available here.

2024

New Universities and Colleges Act

A new act for universities and university colleges has been created (only in Norwegian yet) and entered into force 1. August 2024. The act contains regulations for all aspects of higher education, from the institutions’ overall responsibilities to the representation of students in governing bodies at all levels. The act will be augmented with regulations that are now being adapted.