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Academics Take Pay Cuts to Teach in High-Need Schools

A fifty-strong group of academics have gathered in the summer heat at a conference centre outside Trosa to be educated to become teachers. Soon they will be placed in upper secondary schools with particularly great needs.

Academics Take Pay Cuts to Teach in High-Need Schools

Swedish Parliament Approves Ten-Year Primary School Starting 2028

Today, Wednesday, the parliament has passed the decision to extend primary school by one year so that it becomes ten-year. But how will it be done? What are the arguments for and what are the objections?.

Swedish Parliament Approves Ten-Year Primary School Starting 2028

Comprehensive Review Planned After Örebro Mass Murder

The government assigns MSB the task of conducting a thorough review of the community's efforts in connection with the mass murder in Örebro. Police, rescue services, SOS Alarm, healthcare, school and other involved parties are to be examined.

Comprehensive Review Planned After Örebro Mass Murder

One in Five Elementary Students Feels Insecure at School

One in five elementary school students feels insecure. Many students also state that adults lack insight into the school world.

One in Five Elementary Students Feels Insecure at School

Audit Reveals Weak Oversight of Swedish Preschools

The state supervision of preschools is too weak. The School Inspectorate's examination has been almost non-existent in recent years and therefore the system needs to be revised, according to the National Audit Office.

Audit Reveals Weak Oversight of Swedish Preschools

Mandatory Preschool from Age Three Proposed in Sweden

The preschool should become compulsory for children from three years, according to the government's national coordinator for integration, Gulan Avci (The Liberals). .

Mandatory Preschool from Age Three Proposed in Sweden

One Third of Students Lack Adequate School Support, Survey Reveals

Many students in fourth grade and upwards experience that they receive too little help with their work in school, shows a survey from the National Agency for Education. .

One Third of Students Lack Adequate School Support, Survey Reveals

Swedish Education Minister Stands by Digital Tests Despite Setbacks

The National Agency for Education had to cancel the digital national exams. But despite already having invested nearly 700 million kronor in taxpayers' money without getting a functioning test platform, Education Minister Lotta Edholm (L) does not want to scrap the work.

Swedish Education Minister Stands by Digital Tests Despite Setbacks

Swedish Education Agency Addresses Criticism After Exam Platform Error

It was a system update that caused the error in the National Agency for Education's platform for digital national exams. The error led to the spring's digital exams being cancelled.

Swedish Education Agency Addresses Criticism After Exam Platform Error

Sweden Faces Challenges in Monitoring Private Preschools

More than every fifth child attends an independent preschool. But not all municipalities have the capacity to scrutinize the independent owners, with a risk that criminal actors may not be detected.

Sweden Faces Challenges in Monitoring Private Preschools

Researchers: "Stop the digital national tests"

There is no reason to believe that the current system for digital national tests at the Swedish National Agency for Education can be implemented on a full scale. Therefore, pull the emergency brake and stop the tests, urge several teachers and researchers.

Researchers: "Stop the digital national tests"

The School Authority: Too Many Students Want to Become Salespeople

More students are drawn to vocational programs in upper secondary school – but too many want to become salespeople and too few aim for jobs in healthcare, according to the Swedish National Agency for Education. .

The School Authority: Too Many Students Want to Become Salespeople

Now schools will be completely mobile-free

A statutory mobile ban for students in school – all day. Yes, that's what the government's investigator has come to.

Now schools will be completely mobile-free

After Emergency Stop – Schools Provided with Paper Tests

After the Swedish National Agency for Education's emergency stop for digital national exams, the authority has decided to ease the workload of schools. The Swedish National Agency for Education is printing and sending out paper exams to schools.

After Emergency Stop – Schools Provided with Paper Tests

Teachers' Unions Demand Compensation for Cancelled Tests

The National Agency for Education has cancelled the digital national tests this spring. Now, the Swedish Association of School Principals and the Swedish Teachers' Union want the government to "immediately" allocate extra resources for the additional costs this entails.

Teachers' Unions Demand Compensation for Cancelled Tests

The National Agency for Education on the Failure: "On Track for a Solution"

The National Agency for Education still cannot provide a definitive answer to what caused the failure of the digital national exams – which led the authority to cancel all spring exams on the Agency's test platform. We are on the track of the solution, says department head Anna Westerholm.

The National Agency for Education on the Failure: "On Track for a Solution"

At Least 20 Murdered Women Last Year – Meeting About Violence

Violence against women continues in Sweden – and in 2024, at least 20 women were murdered. On Monday, a number of authority heads met to discuss how preventive work can be strengthened.

At Least 20 Murdered Women Last Year – Meeting About Violence

Unclear what caused the test failure: "Disappointed"

The Swedish National Agency for Education has still no answers to what caused the failure with the national tests on Friday, a failure that led the authority to cancel all spring tests in the authority's test platform. .

Unclear what caused the test failure: "Disappointed"

The Trade Union on Stopped Digital Tests: Frustrating

Frustrating but also a relief. This is how Sweden's Teachers' Union vice chairman describes the Swedish National Agency for Education's announcement that they are forced to cancel the digital national tests this spring.

The Trade Union on Stopped Digital Tests: Frustrating

Complete halt for expensive digital national tests

The National Agency for Education is forced to cancel the digital national tests in the spring. The reason is that several serious errors have been detected.

Complete halt for expensive digital national tests

Investigation: Mother Tongue Does Not Harm Integration

There is nothing that suggests that mother tongue education affects integration or knowledge development negatively. Therefore, the government's investigator does not propose any suggestions for changing it.

Investigation: Mother Tongue Does Not Harm Integration

Thousands of Preschool Teachers Will Be Missing in Coming Years

Despite the fact that fewer children are being born, a severe shortage of preschool teachers is expected in the future. The newly educated are not enough to cover for all those who retire or simply leave the profession.

Thousands of Preschool Teachers Will Be Missing in Coming Years

The Government Calls for Crisis Meeting on School

The number of reports of threats and violence in school has increased by 150 percent over the last ten years. Now, Education Minister Lotta Edholm (The Liberals) is calling on authorities, trade unions, and employer organizations to a crisis meeting on safety in school.

The Government Calls for Crisis Meeting on School

Education that quickly leads to a job

Do you want a job quickly after high school? Then maybe the transport or HVAC industry is something for you. But regardless of which program you choose, it's important to take a degree, says Johan Olsson at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

Education that quickly leads to a job