Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)

Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)
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 since October 18, 2007 led by Tora Aasland and Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left) in 2009. The department reports to the legislature (Stortinget). Traditionally this ministry was also responsible for church affairs, but this function was transferred to the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs in 2002.

Contents

Organisations

Political staff

  • Minister for research and higher education Tora Aasland (Socialist Left)
  • Minister for preschool and elementary school Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left)
  • State Secretary Lisbet Rugtvedt (Socialist Left), to Halvorsen
  • State Secretary Roger Østlie Sandum, to Halvorsen
  • Political adviser Sylvi Bratten, to Halvorsen
  • State Secretary Kyrre Lekve (Socialist Left), to Aasland

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

Subsidiaries

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

  • Research Council of Norway Norges forskningsråd (Official site) In charge of research funding and research policy.
  • Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, or Utdanningsdirektoratetet (Official site) Responsible for the development of primary and secondary education. Approves the primary and secondary school curriculum.
  • Centre for ICT in education
  • Foreldreutvalget for grunnskolen (Official site) Cooperation between parents and school authorities.
  • Norway Opening Universities, or Norgesuniversitetet (Official site) Think tank for life-long learning and e-learning in higher education and provides funding to distance learning initiantives.
  • Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, or Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen (Official site) Quality assurance for colleges and secondary vocational training, as well as approving degrees from foreign countries.
  • 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 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) Foreign policy research.
  • Norwegian Meteorological Institute, or Meteorologisk institutt (Official site) Performs weather observations and forecasts.
  • 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 most undergraduate courses at state universities and colleges.
  • Statens fagskole for gartnere og blomsterdekoratører (Official site) Educates gardeners and flower decorators at secondary school level.

Universities

Specialised Colleges

Regional University Colleges

Limited companies

  • Norwegian Social Science Data Services, or Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste (Official site) Information and data services for higher education and research.
  • Svalbard University Centre, or Universitetssenteret på Svalbard (Official site) Research on Svalbard.
  • Uninett (Official site) Operates the university/college/research internet communication network and the norid domain register.
  • Simula Research Laboratory (Official site) (80%, Research)

References

  1. ^ Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. "Organisation". http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kd/About-the-Ministry/Organisation.html?id=610. Retrieved 2007-06-27. 
  2. ^ Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. "Underliggende etater" (in Norwegian). http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kd/dep/Underliggende-etater.html?id=115208. Retrieved 2007-06-27. 

External links

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