From autumn 2028, the current system will be scrapped and replaced by a new one. This means that students in need of special support, such as those with an NPF diagnosis, will be taught in a smaller group with special teachers – instead of in their own class.
Which students are in need of such support will be identified through standardized tests once a year. The government assigns the National Agency for Education to develop such tests.
The change is intended to benefit students and teachers through increased calm. According to Mohamsson, it is like the "wild west" in Swedish classrooms today.
Imagine that you have trained to teach. But instead, you have a student who needs to sit with an iPad in a corner. Another with a stress ball in their hand and a third who needs to run in and out every five minutes to get some exercise, she says.
The change will be included in the government's upcoming autumn budget. The principals will receive 1.14 billion kronor annually for support teaching for, among other things, elementary school, high school, special school, and Sami school.
The previous read-write-count guarantee and the regulation on extra adaptations will be abolished, and an adapted study path may only be given as a last resort.
