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Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training

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The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (Norwegian: Utdanningsdirektoratet, UDIR) is a Norwegian government agency under the Ministry of Education and Research. The Directorate is responsible for the development of kindergarten, primary and secondary education – including vocational training. The Norwegian Support System for Special Education (Statped) is managed by the Directorate.

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The organisation, is headquarters is based in Oslo with branches in Hamar, Molde and Tromsø. The Directorate was established in 2004 by then-Minister of Education Kristin Clemet. Its director from 2004 to 2015 was Petter Skarheim. Hege Nilssen is the director general (2015-.)

In 2018, the Directorate for Education was merged with the Norwegian Center for ICT in Education.

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Annulment of exam results in 2011

The results of student examinations were annulled for all 1698 test takers (in subject "matematikk 1 T"), because the agency had e-mailed the questions prior to the exam, as instructed by a non-authorized recipient.[1]

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