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Elementary School, 6-16
• The ten-year elementary school is mandatory and
free for children and adolescents between the ages
of 6 and 16. It is divided into the childhood (1st to
7th year) and the youth stage (8th to 10th year).
• The education in elementary school is based on
the curriculum for primary and secondary
education that was introduced over a three-year
period from the school year 2006/07. Sami
students and students with sign language as a first
language have their own custom curricula.
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