Norway Education

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Education and Cultural Activity
The Norwegian people take a strong interest in their cultural heritage. For its relatively small population, the country has produced a disproportionately large number of internationally renowned artists.

Education
Compulsory education was established in Norway by the Primary School Act of 1827. Changes made since the 1960s have reduced regional disparities and increased access for all social groups to the educational system.
Education is free and compulsory in all municipalities for children between the ages of 7 and 16. Norway has almost no illiteracy. For their primary education, children attend a six-year lower school and a three-year upper school. Three years of secondary school is then available. In 1992 Norway had about 3400 primary schools with a combined annual enrollment of 467,500 students and some 780 secondary and vocational schools with a combined enrollment of about 232,110 students.
Norway has four universities and ten colleges of university standing, most of which are administered by the state. These institutions have a combined yearly enrollment of more than 68,000 students. The principal university is the University of Oslo; the others are the University of Bergen, the University of Tromsø, and the Technical University of Norway at Trondheim. Teacher-training schools and other higher educational institutions have a combined annual enrollment of more than 80,600.

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