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Johan Pehrson is party leader for the Liberal Party in Sweden.

Pehrson: "Positive message with a bitter aftertaste"

Swedish students have improved their results in mathematics according to the knowledge measurement Timss. But the measurement also indicates that the Swedish school has not become better at compensating for students' different social backgrounds.

Pehrson: "Positive message with a bitter aftertaste"

Stricter requirements result in fewer new teacher students

All those who want to become teachers in the future must have at least a C grade in Swedish. Prospective preschool teachers must have at least a D grade, according to the investigative proposal that the government is now receiving.

Stricter requirements result in fewer new teacher students

The CSN loan becomes this much more expensive

Borrowers with student loans will get slightly higher costs next year. The CSN interest rate will be 1.

The CSN loan becomes this much more expensive

SD disappointed: "Not the outcome we wanted"

The Sweden Democrats are not satisfied with, for example, schools and healthcare being exempt from the notification requirement in what is sometimes called the "informant law". We would naturally have liked to see a full information requirement, says Ludvig Aspling (SD) to TT.

SD disappointed: "Not the outcome we wanted"

Calls for a meeting about the reading crisis: "Extremely serious"

Minister of Education Johan Pehrson (L) summons representatives of the higher education sector after a series of testimonies about students' deteriorated reading and writing skills. .

Calls for a meeting about the reading crisis: "Extremely serious"

The Liberals' office attacked: "Abhorrent"

The Liberals' office in Eskilstuna has been subjected to a paint attack. The party leader Johan Pehrson calls the event despicable.

The Liberals' office attacked: "Abhorrent"

The proposal: This is what the new vocational programs in upper secondary school will look like

Completely new and less comprehensive vocational programs – with special vocational tests. This is how the government's investigator wants to get more students to complete upper secondary school.

The proposal: This is what the new vocational programs in upper secondary school will look like

More can take fast track to teaching profession

Among other fire engineers, architects, and pharmacists, they will be able to read a shorter complementary pedagogical education (KPU) and thus become teachers. This since the government has decided to extend the number of degree areas that will provide eligibility for KPU from 60 to 76.

More can take fast track to teaching profession

Free menstrual protection in schools

The Liberals want to make menstrual protection free for girls who do not have access to it today. We know that there are girls who are severely affected, you can miss lessons in school, says The Liberals' party leader Johan Pehrson.

Free menstrual protection in schools

Let school staff inspect school bags

School staff should have the right to search students' school bags, believe The Liberals, who also want schools to be able to use metal detectors in entrance controls in certain situations. .

Let school staff inspect school bags

Pehrson Opens Up to a Total Profit Ban for Independent Schools

The Minister of Education and the leader of The Liberals, Johan Pehrson, no longer rules out a total ban on profit-driven independent schools – if other measures do not help. .

Pehrson Opens Up to a Total Profit Ban for Independent Schools

The Sweden Democrats in dispute with committee against anti-Semitism

The Sweden Democrats now view the Swedish Committee Against Anti-Semitism (SKMA) as a "political actor", writes a party representative on Aftonbladet Debate. .

The Sweden Democrats in dispute with committee against anti-Semitism

Pehrson questions SD: No party line

The Liberals' party leader Johan Pehrson does not think that the Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism (SKMA) has delivered "a one-sided report" when they criticized the SD. For me, it's an important organization that one listens to, he says.

Pehrson questions SD: No party line

No Support for Abolishing the Right to Grazing

The government is divided on the issue of abolishing the milk quota's right to grazing. The Liberals and the Sweden Democrats say no to doing as the government's investigator wants and abolishing the grazing requirement.

No Support for Abolishing the Right to Grazing

The Government Tightens Register Control of Teachers

The Government has decided to expand the control of the criminal records registry for new hires in schools and preschools, reports [P4 Skaraborg](https://sverigesradio. se/artikel/utokad-registerkontroll-av-personal-i-forskola).

The Government Tightens Register Control of Teachers

The Liberals want to tax social media

The Liberals want social media companies to be taxed on their Swedish advertising and commercial revenues, reports Dagens Nyheter. .

The Liberals want to tax social media

Let Lower-Grade Students Be Taught in Half-Classes

The Liberals want to give schools the opportunity to have half-class teaching in Swedish and mathematics for students in the lower grades. "It will be an expensive and comprehensive reform, but investments in schools are investments in the future", writes party leader and Education Minister Johan Pehrson and party executive committee member and School Minister Lotta Edholm in a debate article in [Svenska Dagbladet](https://www.

Let Lower-Grade Students Be Taught in Half-Classes

Åkesson on the motorcycle top: A failure

Despite the information being available within the party, the SD leader was unaware that one of his wedding guests had ties to the criminal motorcycle gang environment. This is what Jimmie Åkesson claims in P1 Morning.

Åkesson on the motorcycle top: A failure

C and the Green Party want a committee for a new grading system

The Centre Party and the Green Party want the government to appoint a parliamentary committee to achieve broad support for how Sweden's grading system should be reformed. .

C and the Green Party want a committee for a new grading system

New Zoom trick gets millions rolling in

In the American election campaign, large campaign meetings held via Zoom have attracted more than a hundred thousand participants. Now, Swedish parties are looking at the phenomenon with envy.

New Zoom trick gets millions rolling in

Private Schools: Stricter Requirements but No Profit Ban

The Government is planning to tighten the terms for independent schools on several points. An ongoing investigation is now also to propose how state subsidies can be frozen for poorly managed independent schools and how unsuitable individuals can be prevented from owning or influencing an independent school.

Private Schools: Stricter Requirements but No Profit Ban

The Turning Point: The Liberals Want to Scrap the F-Grade

The Liberals want to scrap the F grade, which excludes many from upper secondary school, writes Education Minister Johan Pehrson and School Minister Lotta Edholm on SvD Debatt. .

The Turning Point: The Liberals Want to Scrap the F-Grade

The Investigation's Proposal: Scrap the F-Grade

Today's grading system is too black and white and risks many students losing motivation. Therefore, the grading inquiry will propose a ten-grade scale and the broad concept of failed – grade F – will be abolished.

The Investigation's Proposal: Scrap the F-Grade

Ten-Year Primary School 2028 – Lessons for Six-Year-Olds

The Government and SD want to introduce a ten-year compulsory school from the autumn term 2028. It is one of several reforms to ensure that children learn to read and write properly, says Education Minister Johan Pehrson (L).

Ten-Year Primary School 2028 – Lessons for Six-Year-Olds