Norwegian schools have unrealised potential. Too many students drop out, lose motivation, or leave without basic skills.
Boys are hit especially hard by a school system that fails to meet them where they are. We want a school that brings out the best in everyone — through clear structure, competent teachers, and relevant educational pathways.
Clear expectations, predictability, and a teacher who leads the classroom. Disruption is the single biggest barrier to learning.
We want teachers who dare to set boundaries, and a school culture that backs them up. The classroom should be a place where students feel safe, know what is expected, and can concentrate on learning.
This is not about being strict for the sake of strictness. Structure creates safety — and safety is the foundation for learning.
A maths teacher should know maths — not just "teach it." We will require genuine subject competence in every subject taught.
Competence requirements — not salary promises — are the path to good teachers. A teacher with deep subject knowledge creates engagement and a sense of mastery in students. A teacher who is uncertain in the subject passes that uncertainty on.
We will set clearer standards for subject depth in teacher education, and make it easier for people with strong professional backgrounds to become teachers through the practical-pedagogical training programme (PPU).
Norway is short 34,000 skilled workers. We will scale vocational education places to match what society actually needs: health, electrical, construction, technical maintenance.
Vocational training is value creation from day one. An electrician, a health care worker, or a carpenter contributes to society immediately after graduating. Yet vocational education has lower status than academic tracks — and that is reflected in the number of places available.
We will increase the number of apprenticeship places, strengthen partnerships with industry, and ensure there are enough places in the trades society actually needs people in.
The electrician can become an engineer. The health care worker can become a nurse. The Y-pathway (Y-veien) ensures that no choice made at age 15 permanently closes doors.
Choosing vocational education as a teenager should not mean you can never pursue higher education. The Y-pathway gives skilled workers a direct route into relevant degree programmes — without having to retake upper secondary subjects.
This makes vocational education a confident first choice, not a dead end. And it brings students with practical experience into universities — which strengthens both the studies and working life afterwards.
Artificial intelligence is already in the classroom. The question is whether schools use it deliberately — or pretend it does not exist.
We want AI as a natural tool, not something students hide under the desk. Students must learn to use AI critically and productively — as an aid, not a shortcut. Teachers need training and tools that make teaching better, not more cumbersome.
A school that ignores technology is preparing students for a world that no longer exists.
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