Nine out of ten colleges and eight out of ten corporate and SOSUs have an alcohol policy, according to a new survey. Interior and Minister of Health and Minister of Education is holding a dialogue with representatives from leader organizations for educational institutions to discuss alcohol policies in practice.

Alcohol, students may only drink for school parties, and only as long as there is talk about something that is stronger than beer and alcopops. This is the alcohol policy in many secondary schools. In the fall sent the Interior and Health Bertel Haarder and Education Tina Nedergaard a letter to the heads of all primary and secondary schools, where they urged schools to formulate a policy on alcohol. Now, a statement that the Center for Prevention of Health has conducted among the country's leader associations for educational institutions that nine out of ten colleges (public and private) and eight out of ten business schools and eight out of ten of the country's social and health care schools have adopted alcohol policies. Total alcohol ban on the intro tours applies to approximately eight out of 10 colleges / vocational schools. In addition, a number of private colleges and a few social and health professions schools alcoholic. On 20 December there will be held a dialogue with representatives from all leadership organizations for vocational education and schools. The agenda will include discussing how school alcohol policies are put into practice as possible. Interior and Health, Bertel Haarder says, "I am happy to see that so many educational institutions have an alcohol policy and that many also have made them in relation to the parties and intro trips. But it is not enough that there is some great words on the school website. Institutions should also have their alcohol policy off the ground and implement it in practice. for example, competing high schools well with each other for students, and here it is obvious importance, gymnasium, known to keep the best parties. therefore, it requires a coordinated effort to get alcohol policy to work. "Education Minister Tina Nedergaard says: " Good celebrations in schools need not be synonymous with excessive alcohol intake. therefore, I am pleased to see how schools show great responsibility and use an alcohol policy. I have great confidence that the local can handle it sensibly. they also supported unions of head an alcohol policy in tune with health recommendations. It is important that cooperation works if the respective alcohol policies should work in practice at schools. "National Board of Health is also participating in the dialogue meeting. Board of Health has for years prepared materials for educational institutions in order to get established and developed alcohol policies. The purpose of the meeting is also getting new input for this and for future cooperation with the schools accordingly. Source: Ministry of Education