The Ministry of Education and Research will not promise that the country’s students will be able to receive electricity scholarships in the autumn, as they could receive in connection with the high electricity prices this spring. This is stated by the ministry in an e-mail to news. Even though the news was expected in the Norwegian Student Organization (NSO), it still worries leader Maika Godal Dam. She believes that more expensive electricity and other increased prices make it difficult to be a student, and to prioritize studies over work. The whole thing can have few consequences for whether the students choose to complete their studies, according to the NSO leader. – We are nervous that someone will choose to end their studies, or put them on pause to make ends meet, says Dam. – Will it not be able to make the situation easier if you get a job alongside your studies? – We know that most students work alongside their studies. We are concerned that one will have to work so much that it goes beyond the opportunity to prioritize the studies, Dam answers. – We are concerned that one will have to work so much that it goes beyond the opportunity to prioritize the studies, says Maika Godal Dam. Photo: NSO / SKJALG BØHMER VOLD Does not consider new measures now news has asked the Minister for Research and Higher Education, Ola Borten Moe (Sp) for an interview about the students’ electricity scholarship. Borten Moe has not had the opportunity to ask. In an e-mail to news, the Ministry of Education writes the following about the case: “The electricity support that the students received was an extraordinary support as a result of the high electricity prices in the spring of 2022. How electricity prices will be in the autumn is too early to say anything about now, and it is at present. It is not relevant to consider new measures in the autumn »The Government Loan Fund informs news that a total of 122,580 students have received the electricity scholarship for the spring semester. In total, they have paid out about NOK 368 million in such scholarships. COUNCIL: Minister of Research and Higher Education Ola Borten Moe did not have the opportunity to interview news about the student’s electricity scholarship. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB – Has been very important for a long time NSO leader Dam believes the electricity scholarship from Lånekassen has helped to ease some of the financial pressure that many of the students experience. Now she hopes that the students will receive an electricity scholarship, also next autumn. – Without extraordinary support this winter, it can lead to an already vulnerable economy becoming even more vulnerable for students, she says. She says that her organization will continuously work to provide students with a safe and good economy in the time ahead. – For us, this has been very important for a long time, and it will also be until the state budget cabal is presented, Dam says in the end.
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