MPs Guri Melby, Abid Raja, and Grunde Almeland introduced a private member's bill calling for ten measures to boost students' core literacy, numeracy, and oral skills. The proposals include an action plan for core skills development, stronger national centres, revival of a teacher specialist programme, and a review of how schools purchase teaching materials. The Standing Committee on Education was divided, with members from different parties supporting, partially supporting, or opposing the proposals.
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The Storting calls on the government to present an action plan for strengthening students' core skills.
The Storting calls on the government to strengthen research and quality development in students' core skills—for example, by reinforcing national centres for reading, writing, and mathematics.
The Storting calls on the government to identify available teaching materials for oral skills training and assess whether additional resources are needed.
The Storting calls on the government to restore the teacher specialist programme for reading, writing, and numeracy.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure continued access to screening tests from first grade to help as many students as possible master reading.
The Storting calls on the government to develop national learning-support sample tests in writing for students from primary to secondary school.
The Storting calls on the government to take steps to improve school leaders' purchasing expertise for digital teaching materials.
The Storting calls on the government to establish a centre for quality assurance of digital teaching materials in schools.
The Storting calls on the government to review the funding system for physical teaching materials with the aim of ensuring that allocations actually result in more books in schools.
The Storting calls on the government to strengthen libraries' role as venues for fostering a love of reading among children and young people as part of developing a new library strategy.