Akademiet Norge

Akademiet Norge

Company type	Public
Industry	Education
Founded	2010 (2010)
Headquarters	59°44′25″N 10°10′55″E, Drammen, Buskerud , Norway
Area served	Norway
Key people	Kjetil Eide (Chairman)
Number of employees	Apx. 500 (Jul 2020)[1][2]
Website	akademiet.no

Akademiet Norge is a Norwegian private education institution. Consisting of several schools in several cities, it is the largest private school chain of this type in the country.^[3]

History

Akademiet was originally established as a private vocational school in Oslo in 1997. In 2004 and 2005, six upper secondary schools were established in the cities of Oslo, Drammen, Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund and Molde. As the (social democratic) government subsequently passed laws^[4] preventing the establishment of new private schools,^[5] Akademiet focused instead on developing alternatives such as Montessori schools, which did not fall under these regulations. In the summer of 2015, five new schools became a part of Akademiet. In the last 4 years Akademiet Drammen has been the school with best results in Utdanningsdirektoratets elevundersøkelse. In July 2020 it was announced that Akademiet had passed 500 employees and 8000 students.^[6]

The schools

Akademiet administers 15 colleges, and two elementary schools in several cities (see below). In addition to this they operate 7 schools for independent or part-time students not enrolled in a standard school. The company has also begun offering web-based learning. The organisation itself functions as a secretariat for the schools and assists them with administration and development.

The upper secondary schools receive government grants and as such must follow the official curriculum and are subject to government regulation. For instance, acceptance of student applications is based on grades from previous institutions only; no discrimination is allowed. This fact separates Akademiet from other independent schools where students may be offered places based on the results of interviews or other criteria.

The upper secondary schools are:

• Akademiet Ålesund^[7]
• Akademiet Bergen^[8]
• Akademiet Sundland, Drammen^[9]
• Akademiet Ypsilon, Drammen^[10]
• Akademiet Fredrikstad^[11]
• Akademiet Kristiansand^[12]
• Akademiet Oslo^[13]
• Akademiet Sandnes^[14]
• Heltberg Toppidrettsgymnas Ålesund, Oslo^[15]
• Heltberg Toppidrettsgymnas Molde^[16]
• Heltberg Private Gymnas Drammen^[17]
• Heltberg Private Gymnas Bislett, Oslo^[18]
• Heltberg Private Gymnas Ullevaal, Oslo^[19]

The schools for private education (no: privatistundervisning) offer education to students who lack certain courses or diplomas necessary to obtain a general university admissions certificate or to improve grades from previous upper secondary school education. Exams are held by the county, while education and tutoring are managed by the individual schools.

The school offering alternative pedagogic education (Montessori) is Heltberg private gymnasium in Drammen. It opened in 2013.

References

1. "Akademiet.no". Akademiet.no. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
2. "Akademiet".
3. NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (26 April 2013). "Private school chain circumvents the Government's private school regulations". Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.
4. "Privatskolelova (eng: The Private School Law)". Lovdata.no. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
5. "Nei til nye privatskoler (eng: No to new private schools)". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
6. "Akademiet".
7. "Akademiet VGS Ålesund | Videregående skole i Ålesund | Akademiet.no".
8. "Akademiet VGS Bergen | Videregående skole i Bergen | Akademiet.no".
9. "Akademiet VGS Drammen | Norges beste videregående skole | Akademiet.no".
10. "Akademiet VGS Ypsilon | Videregående skole i Drammen | Akademiet.no".
11. "Akademiet VGS Fredrikstad | Videregående skole | Akademiet.no".
12. "Akademiet VGS Kristiansand | Videregående skole i Kristiansand | Akademiet.no".
13. "Akademiet VGS Oslo | Videregående skole i Oslo | Akademiet.no".
14. "Akademiet VGS Sandnes | Videregående skole i Sandnes | Akademiet.no".
15. "Akademiet Heltberg Ålesund | Toppidrettsgymnas | Heltberg.no".
16. "Akademiet Heltberg Molde | Toppidrettsgymnas | Heltberg.no".
17. "Heltberg Private Gymnas Drammen | Videregående skole | Heltberg.no".
18. "Heltberg Private Gymnas Bislett | Privat Videregående Skole | Heltberg.no".
19. "Heltberg Private Gymnas Ullevaal | Videregående Skole | Heltberg.no".

External links

• akademiet.no Akademiet's official website (Norwegian language only).
• NRK.no/about Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation - official website.