Special provisions for language minorities

As a language minority pupil you can apply for other options:

• To use more than three years on your education
  If you have the right to special language education or special education, you have the right to have up to two extra years of education.
• An introductory year for language minority applicants (preparatory Vg1) before you apply for ordinary Vg1
  Some counties offer preparatory Vg1 before you begin the regular upper secondary education. You do not use up any of your right to three years’ education. The preparatory course can be given in separate groups or classes.
• To replace foreign language education with an examination in your mother tongue
  This applies to the programme areas where foreign languages are compulsory.
  
• To use the programme subject lessons in general studies education programmes to strengthen the education in Norwegian and English
  This applies to 280 hours that can be distributed over three years.