Bjerke Upper Secondary School Explained

Bjerke Upper Secondary School
Native Name:Bjerke videregående skole
Location:Statsråd Mathisens vei 25, Linderud, Oslo
Schooltype:Public school
Established:1962
Principal:Margrethe Hammer
Principal Label:Principal
Age Range:11th through 13th
(16 to 19 years)
Enrollment:770 students (2017)
Free Label1:Vision
Free Text1:A creative school
(en skapende skole)
Free Label2:Values
Free Label3:Educational programs
Free Text3:
  • Sports
  • General academics
Homepage:https://bjerke.vgs.no/

Bjerke Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Bjerke videregående skole) is a high school based in Groruddalen in Oslo, Norway. It offers general academics and elite sports. In 2000 the school changed its name from Linderud Upper Secondary School to Bjerke.

The school was notable for having introduced, in 2011, a system of segregating ethnic and white students to discourage Norwegian students from transferring to other schools.[1] [2]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. News: Oslo High School Starts Students' Segregation of Norwegian, Foreign Students . https://archive.today/20120804235747/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/256694/20111128/oslo-high-school-starts-students-segregation-norwegian.htm . dead . 4 August 2012 . International Business Times. Windsor Genova . 28 November 2011 . 19 December 2011.
  2. Tara Kelly, "Norway Apartheid: High School Segregates Classroom By Ethnicity, City Official Demands End To Practice", The Huffington Post, 27 November 2011, retrieved 20 February 2014