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  2. Education in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    Schools which have all ten years, year one to seven, and years eight to ten are common. Those schools which teach from years eight to ten often have a wider catchment area. The size of institutions is widely varied. In the Reykjavík urban area, schools can be up to 1200 pupils in size. In rural areas, schools can have fewer than 10 pupils, and ...

  3. Child benefit - Wikipedia

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    Child benefit or children's allowance is a social security payment which is distributed to the parents or guardians of children, teenagers and in some cases, young adults. Countries operate different versions of the benefit. In most child benefit is means-tested and the amount paid is usually dependent on the number of children.

  4. Family policy in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    Iceland passed and then repealed a policy that extended parental leave to twelve months which could have been compared to Sweden's 480 days of paid parental leave in 2016. In 2012, Eydal and Friðriksdóttir was passed and stated that parents who did not live with their children did not receive any benefits from the family welfare policies.

  5. List of schools in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    Primary school is compulsory education for those aged 6 to 16 and is the second step in the education system. There were a total of 45.195 students in Icelandic primary schools in 2017. There were a total of 45.195 students in Icelandic primary schools in 2017.

  6. Parental leave - Wikipedia

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    Demonstration for parental leave in the European Parliament. Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries. [1] The term "parental leave" may include maternity, paternity, and adoption leave; or may be used distinctively from "maternity leave" and "paternity leave" to describe separate family leave available to either parent to care for their own ...

  7. Is A Long Paternity Leave A Good Idea? - AOL

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    In the U.K., there's a proposal afoot to allow either parent to get a parental allowance for most of the first year of a child's life. Currently, (if I'm reading the U.K.'s literature right ...

  8. International School of Iceland - Wikipedia

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    The International School of Iceland (abbreviated ISI; official name in Icelandic: Alþjóðaskólinn á Íslandi) is a private, non-profit school in Garðabær, Iceland.It is an international school in the Reykjavík area of Iceland, first established in 1960 as the American Embassy School.

  9. Flateyri Folk High School - Wikipedia

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    The school opened in September 2018 [5] and was the second of its kind in Iceland. [6] In February 2019, Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir was hired to replace Helena as the schools new director from 15 June 2019. [7] In May 2021, Katrín María Gísladóttir was hired as the schools new director. [8]