Fredheim voksenopplæringssenter and the town of Kongsberg

Fredheim voksenopplæringssenter is a public school for immigrants in the small town of Kongsberg, Norway. The town is naturally split in two parts by the river Laagen; the eastern part where the main town centre is situated, and the beautiful western part where we find the famous church, the town hall and our school.

Fredheim voksenopplæringssenter has about 70 persons five days a week, where the majorities have to learn our language and about the Norwegian society in general. Our goal is to prepare them for a life in Norway, such as getting a job, understanding the different areas of society, having a normal daily life in our country.

App. 15 persons frequent our secondary school, where they work hard to pass the exam in the 5 obligatory subjects: mathematics, Norwegian, English, science and social studies.

We also have evening classes. Kongsberg has several large international companies, mostly within the technological field. Many persons working here need to learn Norwegian too, and for them we can arrange classes at our school 1-2 a week, or even set up private courses for the companies.

In the summer of 2008 national politicians decided that our town was going to receive 150 people from all over the world seeking for asylum in Norway. For our school this was a great challenge. We work hard to form our new task, namely to give them lessons in Norwegian.