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1. Education in Sweden

2. Levels and ages
• Basic level (grundnivå)
• Advanced level (avancerad nivå)
• Doctoral level (forskarnivå)

3. Compulsory studies
Grundskoleutbildning
Compulsory school
(primary + lower
secondary)
Grundskola
Compulsory school
Ages 7–16
(compulsory)
9:an Skolår 9 Årskurs 9
8:an Skolår 8 Årskurs 8
7:an Skolår 7 Årskurs 7
6:an Skolår 6 Årskurs 6
5:an Skolår 5 Årskurs 5
4:an Skolår 4 Årskurs 4
3:an Skolår 3 Årskurs 3
2:an Skolår 2 Årskurs 2
1:an Skolår 1 Årskurs 1

4. the Information and organisation of school
• Education in Sweden is mandatory for all children between age 7 and age 16.
The school year in Sweden runs from mid/late August to early/mid June. The
Christmas holiday from mid December to early January divides the Swedish
school year into two terms. Homeschooling is closely supervised by the
government and very limited.
• From the age of one, children can be admitted to pre-school
• During the year before children start compulsory school, all children are offered
a place in a pre-school class
• Between ages 6/7 and 15/16, children attend compulsory comprehensive
school
• The level of education is highest among those aged 25–34, and it decreases
with age.

5. Students rights and duties
• Rights and duties depend on school
• The most basic ones :
a) The University must endeavour to minimise student costs,
including the cost of course literature and other material
necessary for courses and study programmes.
b) Students have law to learn
c) Students must attend to compulsory school

6. Schedule, timing and calendar
• As one can see, students in Sweden take a much larger variety of
classes. Just like in the US, students take math, science, social
studies, and language (Swedish instead of English, obviously). In
addition to Swedish, they take English and a second foreign
language of their choice (French or Spanish). In Sweden these
classes are much more frequent and varied: all students take
textiles/woodcraft (one semester of each), art/music (one semester
of each), computer/life skills (one semester of each) lab, home
economics, and PE. To break this down, American students typically
have exposure to 5 or 6 subjects on any given week, whereas
students in Sweden have over 10.

7. Cirriculum- subjects
• A) Syllabuses: Art, English, Home and consumer studies, Physical
education and health, Mathematics, Modern languages, Mother
tongue tuition
• B) Science studies: Biology, Physics, Chemistry,
• C) Social Study Subjects: Geography, History, Religion, Civics, Crafts,
Swedish, Swedish as a second language, Sign language for the
hearing, Technology

8. Programmes
• There are two broad programmes: the social science and the
natural sciences.
• There are currently 17 ‘national programmes’, where between
2 and 4 there are defined orientations
• In addition, there are (not used that much) local programs and
orientations
• The programmes are divided into 2 categories: preparatory
and vocational. Both give basic qualifications to universities,
however preparatory programmes give you the opporunity to
study more

9. Home schooling
In Sweden home schooling is strictly forbidden, although under special
circumstances it can be accepted.

10. PISA evaluation
• The good news
According to the experts, the most noteworthy thing to emerge from
today's rankings is that Sweden has reversed a negative trend in its
schools that had been ongoing for over a decade and culminated in a
below OECD-average performance in the Pisa rankings four years ago.
• The bad news
The latest rankings did not come without cause for concern however.
The gap between the highest and lowest performing students has
increased and is now above the OECD average, and the gap between
socio-economically advantaged and disadvantaged students has also
increased.

11. PISA results for Sweden
In the 2015 PISA test Sweden scored:
• 493 points in science-around the OECD average
• 494 points in mathematics-also around the OECD average
• 500 points in reading- higher than the OECD average, which is 493

12. Options after the compulsory education
• In the age of 16 students can decide what they want to do next.
They can either end their school adventure or go to the middle
school.
• They have got two options of learning in the middle school:
• a) theoretical program- it is for people who want go to the
university
• b) practical program- it prepares for vocational school