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LEARNING BY
TURNING UP...?
Absence from school at the upper secondary
level is a hot topic in Norway these days.
In recent weeks there have actually been strikes
among pupils against an absence limit that is set
to be introduced next term.
The Norwegian Government is set to introduce
a rule that limits the absence a pupil may have
in any given subject per term, to maximum 10%.
What this means in practice is that if a pupil misses
out on more than 10% of the classes in any given
subject, she risks not being marked, thus failing
that particular subject.
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