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Education
Category KPI Result Performance to Benchmark SDG
Student ICT Access 100.00 %
School Enrollment 100.25 %
Higher Education
Degrees (per 100 000 25 027.88
inhabitants)
Adult Literacy 94.80 %
Ålesund reports a high adult literacy rate and a high rate of higher education degrees per 100 000
inhabitants. This is in line with the national adult (15+) literacy rate of up to 99 per cent and prevailing
higher education levels in the country. The Ministry of Education and Research covers the tuition
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costs of public higher education in Norway, with financial support for Norwegian citizens available
upon application through the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund. This affordability of higher
education would lead to a positive performance in these Education indicators for most, if not all,
Norwegian cities and regions.
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