The Standing Committee on Education and Research () is a

standing committee A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization. A committee may not itself be considered to be a form of assembly or a decision-making body. Usually, an assembly o ...

of the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

. It is responsible for policies relating to

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

, research and church affairs. It corresponds to the Ministry of Education and Research and the church affairs section of the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. The committee was named the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs (''Kirke-, utdannings- og forskningskomiteen'') between 1993 and 2017. The committee has 15 members and is chaired by

Trond Giske Trond Giske (born 7 November 1966) is a Norwegian politician who served as deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2015 until his resignation in 2018 after accusations of widespread sexual harassment and sexual assault against multiple women. Af ...

of the Labour Party.The Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs
Stortinget.no. Retrieved 30 October 2013

Members 2013–2017

References

{{Storting Standing committees of the Storting