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Literature Must Be Strengthened

The reading crisis will not be lifted unless the position of fiction literature is strengthened in schools and teacher training. This is claimed by some 70 literature scholars and teacher educators from the country's educational institutions in a manifesto.

Literature Must Be Strengthened

Money is lacking to support students with NPF

Two out of three headmasters lack money to be able to buy assistive devices, hire assistants or in other ways provide sufficient support to students with NPF diagnoses. This is shown by a new report from the National Agency for Education.

Money is lacking to support students with NPF

Requirements: Principals should be trained about NPF

The Social Democrats are presenting several proposals aimed at helping students with diagnoses such as ADHD and autism. The party wants headmasters to be educated to a higher degree about NPF and wants to invest in special research schools.

Requirements: Principals should be trained about NPF

300 Million Extra for Books in School

The government grant for purchasing books in schools is increased by 300 million kronor next year – to 480 million. The government is thereby continuing its investment in increased reading time and reduced screen time.

300 Million Extra for Books in School

Investigator wants to try out extra tuition

Supplementary teaching is to be provided on a trial basis to pupils in half-classes or to a selection of pupils who are deemed to need more support, writes the government's investigator Pontus Bäckström on Dagens Nyheter's debate page. .

Investigator wants to try out extra tuition

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

Bruno K Öijer fans experienced ecstasy at the same time as the young poets stepped forward. But the cultural year 2024 was marked by economic crisis and the debate about a Swedish cultural canon that dragged on.

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

Joyful News: Unique Math Boost for Swedish Students

Swedish eighth-graders go against the international trend and improve their results in mathematics. The average score is the highest in decades in the knowledge assessment Timss.

Joyful News: Unique Math Boost for Swedish Students

The Government: This is What Children Should Read in School

From Astrid Lindgren's classics to contemporary authors such as Nora Khalil and Ann-Helén Laestadius. Now, the National Agency for Education and the Arts Council are presenting the reading lists with 250 works of fiction that have been developed to support teachers.

The Government: This is What Children Should Read in School

Fewer students graduate from vocational programs

The proportion of students who take their exam from the vocational programs in upper secondary school has decreased over the past year. One explanation for the decline is that fewer pass mathematics 1.

Fewer students graduate from vocational programs

National tests go digital for the first time

Now Swedish high school students will take the national tests digitally for the first time. The digitization of the tests is part of a government assignment to, among other things, make the grading more fair.

National tests go digital for the first time

Can you pass the IT test for 15-year-olds?

Many Swedish eighth-graders fail to complete simple tasks in IT skills, an international study shows. But what are they expected to be able to do? And would you pass the test yourself?.

Can you pass the IT test for 15-year-olds?

The parties behind the Tidö agreement want a cap on the size of children's groups.

The Government and the Sweden Democrats want stricter rules for how large childcare groups in preschools can be, as well as how high the staff density should be. Now, both this and a compulsory language preschool will be investigated.

The parties behind the Tidö agreement want a cap on the size of children's groups.

The Minister on Porn Ban: Not the Only Way

For many young people, their sex education comes from violent porn, according to Minister for Gender Equality Paulina Brandberg (L). But legislating against porn is difficult.

The Minister on Porn Ban: Not the Only Way

IEA Chief Dirk Hastedt: Myth that the IT Generation Learns by Itself

It is no longer possible to live on the myth that children and young people acquire digital competence on their own. Students need to receive more education in computer and information skills – and more tests, says IEA chief Dirk Hastedt.

IEA Chief Dirk Hastedt: Myth that the IT Generation Learns by Itself

Major Deficiencies in Students' IT Skills

Four out of ten Swedish teenagers have large gaps in IT skills, and perform at a low or very low level. This is shown by an international measurement where Sweden has participated for the first time.

Major Deficiencies in Students' IT Skills

How digitally smart are Swedish students?

Swedish teenagers spend a large part of their lives online. In school, they are supposed to learn digital competence.

How digitally smart are Swedish students?

National Agency for Education: Weak Students Lack Math Support

Too few students who do not pass mathematics in school receive sufficient support, shows a new report from the National Agency for Education. .

National Agency for Education: Weak Students Lack Math Support

The Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

Just in time for the autumn break, the Swedish Academy is giving poetry books to all of Sweden's middle schools. Older Swedish poems are paired with newly written ones in the anthology "Time for Poetry".

The Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

Almost 16,000 students failed math

The proportion of ninth-graders who do not become eligible for upper secondary school is increasing. In the cohort that left primary school in the spring, 16.

Almost 16,000 students failed math

School Day Without Mobile Phones and Smartwatches

Mobile phones are too distracting and should not be used at all during the school day, including breaks and leisure time, according to the government and the Sweden Democrats. Now, an investigator will review a law change.

School Day Without Mobile Phones and Smartwatches

Upper secondary school is now being reformed – more students will attend vocational programs

Future high school students across the country can expect tougher competition for places on certain programs. The high school is now being reformed – to get more students to attend vocational programs.

Upper secondary school is now being reformed – more students will attend vocational programs

"It cannot happen that preschool teachers leave"

A ten-year compulsory school must be preceded by generous transition rules. Otherwise, there is a risk that preschool teachers will leave the profession, warns the Swedish Teachers' Union.

"It cannot happen that preschool teachers leave"

Proposal: End to Frequent Driving Tests

Two mandatory guidance sessions instead of one and a ban on frequent re-examinations. These are some of the changes that the Transport Agency wants to see for driver education in the future.

Proposal: End to Frequent Driving Tests

Wanted: Childcare Workers for Elderly Care

Sharply decreasing birth rates are redrawing the map for the country's municipalities. Preschool staff will need to retrain and step in to elderly care.

Wanted: Childcare Workers for Elderly Care