About the English translations
The English translation
includes most of the important points. Occasionally we have added
some information that maybe of interest to foreigners resident in
Norway.
Norway is
geographically divided into multiple fylke with
multiple kommune within
each fylke. Since
fylke is translated as
'county' in dictionaries and school books, we have retained the
Norwegian word kommune instead
of using the English work 'commune'.
The
first 10 years of schooling (approximately age 6-16, translated here
as 'lower school') are governed by the kommune,
while the next 3 years (high-school) are governed by the fylke.
You will note that church
and state are not separate in Norway.
The words 'teaching' and
'education' are used interchangeably in the translation, ditto for
'homeschooling' and 'home education' – simply because the
distinctions are not relevant to the website.
We are working on an
English summary of excerpts from relevant laws.