Educational system

Education in the Scandinavian countries has traditionally been state controlled. The educational systems of Scandinavia are public and of exceptional high quality. In Denmark tuition is compulsory for all children. The higher educations are generally state run, perceived as a public service and in principle free of charge. The political idea is to give equal opportunity of acquiring a higher education. Enrolment rates are among the best in the world. Bases on the idea of life long learning the is offering of adult Training and Development at all levels is among the most developed in the world, e.g. with the tradition of the state subsidised Folk High Schools