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37 000 participants in Norwegian for adult immigrants
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2013-06-25T10:00:00.000Z
Education;Immigration and immigrants
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nopplinnv, Norwegian for adult immigrantsEducation, Adult education, Immigration and immigrants, Education
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Norwegian for adult immigrants, 2011

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In this publication there are errors in the figures for the participants' age distribution. Age at settlement in Norway is used instead of age at the end of the statistical year. In consequence, the participants have been portrayed as younger than they really have been. The table title is corrected in StatBank. The error will not be corrected in this text.

37 000 participants in Norwegian for adult immigrants

The number of persons participating in Norwegian for adult immigrants was quite substantial. There were, for instance, more participants in Norwegian for adult immigrants than apprentices in Norway in 2011. There were also five times more participants in Norwegian for adult immigrants than participants in Folk High Schools.

Participants in Norwegian by reason for immigration and yearPublished 25 June 2013
20102011
 
Total37 13337 261
Labour1 6261 518
Family15 00515 295
Escape13 94414 219
Education9341 073
Unknown5 6245 156

Source: Statistics Norway

Participants in Norwegian for immigrants after reason for immigration. 2011

The statistics on Norwegian for adult immigrants are new and are under development. The statistics include adult immigrants that have participated in Norwegian lessons in 2010 and 2011. The statistics include participants under the Norwegian ”Introduksjonsloven”, which entails a right and a duty to participate in Norwegian lessons for at least 550 hours, in addition to lessons in social studies for at least 50 hours.

Many from Eritrea and Somalia

The statistics show that participants from Asia and Africa are most dominant among the participants. About 4 000 participants had Eritrea or Somalia as their country background in 2011. More than half of the participants originated from Eritrea, Somalia, Afghanistan, Thailand, Iraq or the Philippines.

Reason for immigration is refugee or family for nine in ten

More than nine out of ten participants in Norwegian for adult immigrants had family or refugee as their reason for immigration. Only 5 and 3 per cent had work and education as their reason for immigration respectively. This is due to the fact that the public arrangement with free Norwegian for adult immigrants is primarily aimed at immigrants with refugee or family as their immigrant reason. Immigrants from the EU area who have work as their reason for immigration are not a target group for Norwegian for adult immigrants.