Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research

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Tora Aasland is norwegian minister for research and higher education
Tora Aasland is norwegian minister for research and higher education

Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (Norwegian: Kunnskapsdepartementet, lit. Ministry of Knowledge) is a Norwegian responsible for education, research and kindergartens. The ministry was established in 1814, and is since october 18th 2007 lead by Tora Aasland and Bård Vegar Solhjell (Socialist Left). The department must report to the legislature (Stortinget). Traditionally this ministry was also responsible for church affairs, but this function was transferred to the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs in 2002.

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[edit] Organisations

[edit] Political staff

[edit] Departments

  • Department of Early Childhood Education and Care [1]
  • Department of Education and Training
  • Department of Higher Education
  • Department of Research
  • Department of Policy Analysis, Lifelong Learning and International Affairs
  • Department of Governance and Finance
  • Department of Administration and Development
  • The Communication Unit

[edit] Subsidiaries

The following government agencies are subordinate the ministry: [2]

  • Foreldreutvalget for grunnskolen (Official site) Cooperation between parents and school authorities.
  • Norway Opening Universities, or Norgesuniversitetet (Official site) Stimulates cooperation between business and higher education, and to increase life-long learning.
  • Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, or Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen (Official site) Supervises and helps improved the quality of higher education.
  • Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education, or Senter for internasjonalisering av høyere utdanning (Official site) Promotes international cooperation in higher education and research.
  • Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, or Utdanningsdirektoratetet (Official site) Responsible for the development of primary and secondary education.
  • Norwegian Institute for Adult Learning, or VOX-læring for arbeidslivet (Official site) Promotes adult learning within reading, writing, arithmetic and ICT.
  • Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, or Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt (Official site) Research.
  • Norwegian Meteorological Institute, or Meteorologisk institutt (Official site) Performs weather observations and calculations.
  • Norwegian Social Research, or Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring (Official site) Research.
  • Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund, or Statens lånekasse for utdanning (Official site) Grands loans and scholarships to students.
  • Norwegian Universities and Colleges Admission Service, or Samordna opptak (Official site) Coordinates admission to undergraduate courses at state universities and colleges.
  • Research Council of Norway Norges forskningsråd (Official site) Grants funds for research.
  • Statens fagskole for gartnere og blomsterdekoratører (Official site) Educates gardeners and flower decorators at secondary school level.

[edit] Universities

[edit] Specialised Colleges

[edit] Regional University Colleges

[edit] Limited companies

[edit] References

  1. ^ Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. Organisation. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
  2. ^ Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. Underliggende etater (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2007-06-27.

[edit] External links

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