Norway amended kindergarten law rules for private family kindergartens and introduced a new exception allowing first-grade pupils in approved private schools to receive instruction in… Read More »Norway Changes Private Kindergarten Rules for Family Kindergartens and First-Grade Instruction (Norway, June 2026)
Norway announced an updated mathematics curriculum for grades 1–10, with implementation from the start of the 2026 autumn school term. The update gives greater emphasis… Read More »Norway Updates Mathematics Curriculum for Grades 1–10 (Norway, June 2026)
The Norwegian Parliament approved a legal change requiring schools to share necessary information when a student changes school if the information is needed to protect… Read More »Norway Requires Schools to Share Key Safety Information When Students Change Schools (Norway, June 2026)
Norway amended the curriculum framework and subject curricula for grades 1–4 to state that digital-device use must be especially cautious and must not dominate teaching.… Read More »Norway Adds Cautious Digital-Device Use to Grades 1–4 Curriculum Rules (Norway, June 2026)
Norway adopted regulation changes so that visits to the school health service no longer count as absence from education. The change applies in both compulsory… Read More »Norway Exempts School Health Service Visits from Absence Counts (Norway, June 2026)
Norway made 12 hours of free school-age childcare, known as SFO, a statutory right for pupils in grades 1–3. The right applies from 1 August… Read More »Norway Legalises Right to 12 Hours of Free SFO for Grades 1–3 (Norway, June 2026)
Norway expanded county authorities’ duty to admit applicants to upper-secondary education after normal deadlines in special welfare-related situations. The change covers moves to or from… Read More »Norway Expands Upper-Secondary Admission After Deadline for Vulnerable Applicants (Norway, June 2026)
Norway gave county authorities the option to provide more extensive distance teaching in VG1 and VG2 vocational programmes in areas with low population density and… Read More »Norway Allows Expanded Distance Teaching in Some Rural Vocational Programmes (Norway, June 2026)
Norway removed the requirement for county authorities to set a written main language for each upper-secondary school. Students’ individual right to choose their written main… Read More »Norway Removes County Requirement to Set a Written Main Language for Each Upper-Secondary School (Norway, June 2026)
Norway amended the tertiary vocational education regulations to introduce conditions and procedural rules for institutional accreditation of fagskoler. Accredited institutions can establish and change programmes… Read More »Norway Introduces Institutional Accreditation Rules for Tertiary Vocational Colleges (Norway, June 2026)