When schools were ordered to close, they remained open for certain groups of children
Country
NorwayPolicy Area
EducationMeasure
Targeted opening of schoolsEligibility
Children aged under 14 who had parents working in key sectors and vulnerable childrenType
ServiceStart / Announced Date
12/03/2020End Date
27/04/2020 (for primary school students); 11/05/2020 (for other school students)Amount
N/ATotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ChildrenRoute to the child
Direct and indirectSources
Bungum, B. and Kvande, E. (2020) ‘Norway country note’, in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/
OECD (2020) Initial education policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Norway. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20220218171316/https://www.oecd.org/education/policy-outlook/covid-snapshot-Norway.pdfAccess the full dataset here