Norwegian for adult immigrants, 2012

The statistics on Norwegian for adult immigrants are new and 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.

15 percent came from Somalia

The statistics show that participants from some countries in Asia and Africa are most dominant among the participants. About 5 000 participants had Somalia as their country background in 2012, while 4 300 came from Eritrea.

Many have low educational background

Forty-seven per cent of the participants in Norwegian for adult immigrants had an education at lower secondary level or lower. About 9 per cent had no education. Many of the participants, therefore, have a major need for education in Norway.