• , • S u b j e c t s
I
Classes
II | III 1 IV
Religious knowledge . 2 2 2 1
Norwegian 5 4 4*) 4*)
German**) . ........................... 6 5 5 6
English. ***) . 5 6 5
History . ........................... 3 2 3 3
2 2 2 2
S c i e n c e ..................................... 3 2 2 3
Arithmetic & Mathematics .* . . 5 ,5 . 5 M 5
2 2 2 2
W r i t i n g ................................ 2 1 ' ■ ■ —
Gymnastics . ..................................... 3 3 3 4
Manual W o r k ..................................... 2 2 2 2
S i n g i n g ..................... .......................... 1 " 1 1 |l!
Total I 36 36 36 36
The law allows the establishment of middelskoler in which,
either with or without the addition of instruction in other departments,
only one foreign language is taught, and where the instruction
in mathematics is somewhat restricted.
In the gymnasium, the following subjects are to be taught:
Beligious knowledge, Norwegian, German, English, French, history,
geography, science, mathematics, drawing, gymnastics and singing.
Manual work may also be included in the syllabus. Latin and
Greek, by the act of 1896, are altogether omitted from the subject-
list of both the middelskole and the gymnasium, and instruction
in these languages is relegated to the University. In exceptional
cases, however, instruction may be giveii_for the present in a few
gymnasia in Latin, with a proportional restriction in other subjects.
Whereas in the middelskole the instruction is common to
all the pupils, a gymnasium may be divided into two lines, the
language-history line, and the science or «real»line. This division,
however, only takes place in the gymnasium’s 2nd and 3rd classes,
and not in all subjects.
*) In Classes I I I and IV, one Norwegian lesson is given to writing . every
other week.
**) Alternative — English, 6, 4, 3, 4.
***) Alternative — German, 0, 6, 7, 6.
According to a temporarily drawn up plan of instruction for
the new gymnasium, the following division of the weekly lessons
is suggested :
. Language-
«Real» line history line. Latin line
I I I i n I I I III I II III
Religious knowledge . . . . . 1 1 2 ' 1 1 2 1 1 2
Norwegian . . ..................... 8 4 5 4 4 6 6 | | 4 5 4
German . . . . . . . 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
£$4 2 2 4 7 • 7 ' ,4 2 2
French. . . . , . . . . . *.-• 4 2 2 4 4 3 y 4 5
— — Kr' — 7 '¿ ll
H i s t o r y ..................... ..... . . . I I 3 3 3 3 6 6 3 3 3
Geography . . . j . H i . 1 1 2 I- 1 2 1 1 2
Science ,. • . u E 1 . • \ 4 5 6 4 1 1 4 1 1
Mathematics : . . : 4 6 6 4 2 2 4 2 2
Drawing .......................................... 2 2 1 2 — .2
Total 30 30 30 30 30 30 ¡30 30 30
Six lessdns a week are moreover divided between gymnastics
and singing.
In connection with a middelskole, or if there is a gymnasium,
with its first class, a one-year’s course may be arranged,
which gives a complete training for special practical callings,
e.g. - trade:
The instruction in the middelskole and gymnasium concludes
with a leaving examination, -called respectively middelskole examination
and «examen artium». The holder of an examen artium
certificate is entitled to enter bis name as a student at the
University. The middelskole examination, according to the new
law, will be held for the first time in 1900, and the examen artium
in 1903. >
Inspection. The secondary schools are some government schools,
some municipal, and some private. The Ecclesiastical and Educational
Department has the supreme management of all the secondary
schools. To assist the Department in the inspection of the schools
and the arrangement of the leaving examinations, there is a council
of education (undervisningsraad), consisting of 7 members chosen
from men with a practical understanding of higher education. In
all hygienic questions, an expert is admitted into the council. Each