Norway

WIDENING ACCESS TO VALIDATION AND GUIDANCE

WIDENING ACCESS TO VALIDATION AND GUIDANCE The proposed amendment in legislation circulated for public consultation in autumn 2019 has been approved, changing the regulations to the Education Act governing validation of prior learning. The new rules take effect from 1 January 2020, allowing candidates to go through the validation process at upper secondary level in […]

Great news for VISKA Norway

November 8, 2019
by VISKA Norway

PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN LEGISLATION The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training has issued a proposal in which they propose amending the regulations to the Education Act governing validation of prior learning. If the proposal is approved, it will be possible for candidates to go through the validation process in other languages than Norwegian and Sami […]

Field trials in Norway – Lessons learnt, by February 2019

The Norwegian trials are in progress. In the Norwegian trials, asylum seekers in Integration Reception Centres will be given the opportunity to have their prior learning validated towards learning outcomes in the curricula in upper secondary education. Prior to this validation, they have completed self-registration of competences, and have received career guidance. The five participating […]

Norway – In the career centre Karriere Kristiansand, the first fully qualified participant, because of the VISKA-project, is a fact !

In one of our participating career centres in the field trials, Akram Osman from Eritrea is the first person who is fully qualified in the subjects of mathematics and science – in his native language! He passed both subjects and we are very pleased that he has participated with his expertise in the European […]

Starting the Norwegian Field Trials

The Norwegian trials in VISKA will be carried out in close cooperation with the five integration reception centres in Norway. These centres themselves are a pilot project linked to better integration of asylum seekers, initiated as a response to the large number of refugees coming to Norway in 2015. One of the obligations of the […]