Johan Pehrson

Pehrson: Mismanagement in Schools Should be Fined

Pehrson: We Dare to Prioritize the Best Researchers

The Government wants to increase the allocations by 6.5 billion kronor until 2028 in its research proposal. The ambition is that Sweden will no longer be a country that is just average, but will compete with the best in the world when it comes to research, says Education Minister Johan Pehrson (The Liberals).

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.

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. The consequence will be a significant decline in new students, the investigation states.

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 1.98 percent compared to this year's 1.23 percent.

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.

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.

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. An attack on a political party is very serious and those who engage in this should be in prison, says Pehrson to TT.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. With hindsight, it's clearly a failure, he says.

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.

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. I absolutely believe that one can imagine that type of campaign meetings or digital town hall meetings, says researcher Elsa Hedling.

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.

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.