What is the National Parents’ Committee for Primary and Lower Secondary Education?
The National Parents’ Committee for Primary and Lower Secondary Education (Norwegian abbreviation FUG) is a national committee for parents who have children in primary and/or secondary education.
FUG’s role involves:
- Home - school partnership
- Safeguarding the interests of parents in connection with school
- Distributing information on how the home-school partnership works
- Distributing information on how parents can support their children
- Setting the agenda and supporting parents as regards key issues such as indoor climate, bullying, parent meetings, schoolwork, etc.
FUG is appointed by the King in the Council of State for a period of four years. FUG consists of a chairman, a vice chairman, five members and two deputy members. The members come from different parts of the country and have children at school. Members must have worked actively as a parent representative at school or municipal level.
FUG was established in 1976 and is legally founded on Section 11-9 of the Norwegian Education Act.
The current FUG was appointed on 14 January 2008.
The current FUG was appointed on 14 January 2008.
FUG’s secretariat consists of eight employees and is based in Oslo.
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