Editing Gronings dialect (section)

=== Education and culture ===
Although Gronings, as part of Low Saxon, is an official language, it is not a mandatory subject in schools. Still, many primary schools in Groningen choose to give attention to the regional language. This attention varies from inviting storytellers to teaching about the language. In secondary schools Gronings does not receive much attention.

At the [[University of Groningen]] it is possible to study the language. In October 2007 Gronings became an official study within the faculty of ''letteren'' (language and literature).{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Another possible way to learn Gronings is taking classes. In the last few years the trend of people taking courses has risen. More and more people, also people from outside who come to live in the area in which Gronings is spoken, are interested in the language and are willing to take courses. There are two types of courses. The first one is understanding and the second one is understanding and speaking.

Every year around March Het Huis van de Groninger Cultuur ([[English language|English]]: House of the Groningen Culture) organises a writing contest in every municipality in Groningen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pervinzioale Schriefwedstried|url=https://www.huisvandegroningercultuur.nl/activiteiten/pervinzioale-schriefwedstried-2/|website=Huis van de Groninger Cultuur|access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref> Everyone can participate and send in a poem or some prose. The winners of the different ages succeed to the provincial round.