– I hope that I can get my life back now, says student Carina Torvmark Herrud (24).
She had to move home to her parents in Mysen in Indre Østfold when she was laid off from her job as a bartender in December – to afford food.
– It is both degrading and shameful, and almost a deprivation of liberty. I can not live the life I want, Herrud said NRK.
To Dagbladet, she says that she is paid 8400 kroner a month.
– There are full loans and scholarships. NOK 7,000 goes to rent. It goes without saying that the money is not enough.
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– Disappointingly little
Herrud has kept the residence, but does not stay there to make it as cheap as possible. Now she hopes to get her bartender job back – so she can move into the collective again.
– This means that I may be able to receive a salary in February. That was one of the reasons I did not cancel the room in the collective, because it is difficult to find a place to stay and the situation was so uncertain.
She studies journalism at Kristiania University College in Oslo.
Students are not paid unemployment benefits when they are laid off from work. Herrud is disappointed that nothing was said at the press conference about more support for students.
– Disappointingly little was said about support for students. It is very difficult to live on as little money as scholarships and loans provide. I hope if there is the closure again, then there will be support for the students.
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Better everyday study
Nevertheless, she is pleased that the government is abolishing the requirement for digital teaching and examinations at colleges, universities and vocational colleges.
– I get a lot more out of physical education than looking at a screen, she says and continues:
– I think that my everyday study is getting better now. It has something to do with everyday life that you get out and meet people.
They now recommend colleges, universities and vocational colleges to facilitate more physical education, so that more students have the opportunity to be at their place of study.
In order to have more physical education, the government recommends regular testing, the Ministry of Education writes in a press release.
When it comes to classroom teaching for small groups of students, the government recommends that a maximum of 30 people be gathered at a distance of one meter.
When teaching in auditoriums, there can be up to 200 people with permanent, assigned places.
Universities, colleges and vocational colleges must continue to follow the general infection control advice on aeration, to keep their distance as far as possible and that employees and students stay at home in the event of illness or symptoms.
