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About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Adult education, accredited web-based schools (discontinued)
Topic: Education
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Responsible division
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Division for Education and Culture Statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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Accredited web-based schools: Online schools accredited according to Norwegian Adult Education Act
Subject: The courses are grouped by school subjects in accordance with Norwegian educational terms.
Level: The online schools can offer tuition at primary, secondary and tertiary education level. The schools also offer a range of courses that are not ranked according to level.
Completion: Used for students who have attained a qualification or in some other way met the requirements for students undertaking the relevant education.
Adult education: Education specially aimed at adults.
Distance education: Education with a high degree of flexibility that enables teachers and students to correspond independently in terms of time and space. Tuition is arranged in different ways; for example by mail, telephone, fax, TV, video, data conferences or via the Internet, and often as a combination of these alternatives.
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Standard classifications
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The educational activity is grouped according to the Norwegian Standard Classification of Education, which was created by Statistics Norway in 1970. The standard has been revised, most recently in 2000.
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