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Short presentation of Buskerud and schools in the project at very start of first project meeting of Comenius Regio project. Participants Buskerud and Pärnu, Estonia
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Comenius Regio Project meeting in Buskerud 2011
Kirsti Slettevoll, counsellor, the Educational Department
Buskerud County
Drammen – the administrative centre
Woods and mountains
4 seasons from the fjord to mountain plateaus
Multicultural and traditonal
The Region of Buskerud
• Population: 257.673*• Area: 15 000 sq. km.• Agricultural area: 4 %• Forests: 38 %• Mountains: 58 %• Highest point:
Folarskardnuten 1933 m• Largest cities: Drammen
62 500, Hønefoss 28 800, Kongsberg 24 700
* 01.01.2010
Industries
• Most densely populated:Drammen region in the southeast: 153 000
MAIN INDUSTRIES:
• Tourism, especially in the valleys and the mountain areas
• Wood-processing industries,- wood/timber, paper, pulp
• High-tech/off-shore industries
• Engineering• Service industries
13 upper secondary schools
General or vocational training
General (academic, sports, music/dancing/drama)
Vocational (9 study paths)
8500 students1600 apprentices 1700 teachers and school heads
Hønefoss - Lier - St. Hallvard
Numedal100 students
Kongsberg1300 students
The library
ICT in learning