In a progressive move to make education more accessible across remote and sparsely populated areas, the Nordic region has introduced reforms enabling students to complete a larger portion of their vocational training through distance learning before entering local apprenticeships. These changes mark a meaningful advance in flexible learning — driven by policy, technology and regional equity. Under the new arrangement, learners who enrol in upper-secondary vocational programme

Distance education in Sweden has taken a significant step forward. A newly updated online training programme is helping vocational...

Norway is taking bold steps to make distance education better, more flexible, and more inclusive than ever before. A recent proposal from...