Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training
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The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training is Norwegian
government agency
under the Ministry of Education and Research
. It is responsible for development of primary and secondary education, including the management of the Norwegian Support System for Special Education (Statped).
The organization, based in Oslo
, was established on 15 June 2004 by then-Minister of Education Kristin Clemet
. Its director since 2004 is Petter Skarheim
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
government agency
Etat
Etat is a Norwegian state-, county- or municipal agency. An Etat is a subdivision of the administration, which has been given responsibility for a special area. An agency does not have a board of directors, but it does have a director, appointed by the subordinate organization. Normally decisions...
under the Ministry of Education and Research
Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Labour is a Norwegian ministry established in 1916. It is responsible for the labour market, the working environment, pensions, welfare, social security, integration, immigration, asylum, minorities and the Sami...
. It is responsible for development of primary and secondary education, including the management of the Norwegian Support System for Special Education (Statped).
The organization, based in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, was established on 15 June 2004 by then-Minister of Education Kristin Clemet
Kristin Clemet
Kristin Clemet is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1993...
. Its director since 2004 is Petter Skarheim
Petter Skarheim
Petter Skarheim is a Norwegian civil servant.In 2004 he was appointed director of the newly established Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training. He had been a deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Education and Research from 1998 to 2004.-References:...
.