NorwayFamilie 27 · School, family and health
What is correct about primary and lower secondary school (grunnskolen) in Norway?
In the exam (Norwegian)
Hva er riktig om grunnskolen i Norge?
- aThe parents decide for themselves whether the child will receive education.Foreldrene bestemmer selv om barnet skal få opplæring.
- bChildren have a duty to receive education until they have finished Year 10.Barn har plikt til opplæring til de er ferdige med 10. trinn.Correct answer
- cOnly children with Norwegian citizenship have a duty to receive education.Bare barn med norsk statsborgerskap har plikt til opplæring.
Why?
All children who live in Norway have the right and the duty to receive primary and lower secondary education from the year they turn six until they have finished Year 10 (10. trinn). The parents can choose home schooling, but the child must receive education.
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Our own practice questions on the facts of the public social studies curriculum (the curriculum for adult immigrants and samfunnskunnskap.no). They are not the real test tasks, which are confidential and never published, and no text from samfunnskunnskap.no is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Norwegian. We are not affiliated with the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).
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