I have earler been writing about the work to make it a right for
everyone in Norway to be able to go on and get additional education
whenever anybody wants to do it.
I have in earlier postings mentioned that the largest Confederation of
Tradeunions (LO) and the largest industrial organisation (NHO) have
agreed upon such an arrangement.
But there were still two problems to solve:
One was that when the funding was in place, and everybody was able to
take a leave for education with pay, firms that were not members of NHO
would profit as much as NHO members from a better qualified population,
but since they had not signed the agreement they did not have to pay the
costs.
But now this is solved, because today the Parliament of Norway has
decided that everybody in Norway, at any age, has the right to go on to
further education and return to their old position if the education does
not last longer than three years. And this is going to be with some pay.
Well, the funding is not there at this moment.
But so many persons have put in so much prestige that it is going to
come.
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All the best
Tor Førde
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