Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research

The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (in full: Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research: Norwegian: Kunnskapsdepartementet, literally Ministry of Knowledge) is responsible for education, research and kindergartens in Norway. Its Departments include:

• Department of Early Childhood Education and Care
• Department of Education and Training
• Department of Higher Education
• Department of Policy Analysis, Lifelong Learning and International Affairs.

Reporting to it are a number of agencies and companies of which the most relevant for Re.ViCa purposes are:

• Norway Opening Universities, or Norgesuniversitetet: 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 (NOKUT): Supervises and helps improved the quality of higher education
• Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education, or Senter for internasjonalisering av høyere utdanning: Promotes international cooperation in higher education and research
• Norwegian Institute for Adult Learning, or VOX-læring for arbeidslivet: Promotes adult learning within reading, writing, arithmetic and ICT
• Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund, or Statens lånekasse for utdanning: Grants loans and scholarships to students
• Norwegian Universities and Colleges Admission Service, or Samordna opptak: Coordinates admission to undergraduate courses at state universities and colleges
• UNINETT: Operate the university/college/research National Research and Education Network (NREN).

Its web site in English is at http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kd.html?id=586

There is a useful Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Ministry_of_Education_and_Research

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