Sweden some basic facts

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Sweden some basic facts

• Population 9 107 649 ( 31 Oct 2006)
• About the same size as Spain
• Distance from south to north 1600 km
• Unemployed rate 4,6
• Inflation 1,3
• Average lifetime male 78,4 years, female 82,8
  years
• Number of municipalities 290
• Number of pupils in
• compulsory school 995 000
• upper secondary education 360 000
• Education costs 206 000 000 000 SEK (8 of
  GDP)

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Ministers at the Ministry of Education and
Research
Lars Leijonborg Minister for Education and
Research
Jan Björklund Minister for Schools
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Minister for Education and Research Lars
Leijonborg
Areas of responsibility Head of Ministry Higher
education ResearchStudy financing
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Minister for Schools Jan Björklund
Areas of responsibility Pre-school system
Compulsory and upper secondary schools Adult
education Vocational education and training
Liberal adult education
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Government agencies

• National Board of Student Aid
• Higher Education Suspensions Board
• National Agency for Higher Education
• Swedish Institute of Space Physics
• Institute for Futures Studies
• International Programme Office for Education
  and Training
• Royal Library
• Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Swedish National Agency
• for School Improvement
• Swedish Agency for Flexible Leaning
• Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

• Swedish National Agency for Education
• Board of Appeal for Education
• National Agency for Special Schools
• for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Swedish Institute for Special Needs Education
• National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving
  Images
• Swedish National Commission for UNESCO
• National Agency for Services to
• Universities and University Colleges
• Higher education institutions in Sweden
• Swedish Research Council
• Board of Appeals for Higher Education
• National Board of Appeal for Student Aid
• Central Ethical Review Board
• European Programmes at VINNOVA

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The Swedish School System Key words

• Equal access
• Management by objectives
• Funded by taxes
• No fees for tuition
• Strongly decentralized
• Integrated school system

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Educational system
Higher education postgraduate studies (24
years)
Higher education undergraduate studies (25, 5
years)
Advanced vocational education and training
Liberal adult education
Adult education
Compulsory school for students with learning
disabilities
Upper secondary school (3 years)
Special school for the deaf and hard of
hearing(grades 110)
Sami school (grades 16)
Compulsory school (grades 19)
School-age childcare(for 612 year olds)
Pre-school class (for 6 year olds)
Pre-school (for 15 year olds)
local authority adult education, municipal
post-secondary education, adult education for
mentally disoriented, suppl. education, Swedish
for immigrants
Upper secondary school for students with
learning disabilities (4 years)Compulsory
schools for students with learning disabilities
(grades 19/10)
folk high schools, study associations
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Upper secondary vocational education

• The reform 1990 - The Swedish school system is a
  goal-based system with a high degree of local
  responsibility.
• The reform had the following objectives
• to raise the general standard of education,
• to adapt vocational education to the broad
  general skills requirements of modern working
  life,
• to create opportunities for lifelong learning,
• to minimise the risk of dead ends
• to create an upper secondary school for all young
  people.

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Programmes in Upper secondary school
National programmes
Specially design programmes
Individual programmes
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Specially designed programmes
For individuals or groups. Includes the
eight core subjects of the national programs,
and corresponds to them in terms of the level of
difficulty and number of hours. To meet local
or regional needs.
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Individual programmes
Upper secondary school For the student to
later transfer into a national- or specially
designed programmes Determined by the needs of
the individual student Varies in length and
content
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Students in different programmes 2004
Natural science, Social science, Technology
programme 115 000
Vocational oriented programmes 133 000
Specially designed programmes 30 000
Individual programmes 26 000
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Programme structureEx Vehicle programme 2500 p
Branches 200-550 p
Core subjects 750 p
Optional Courses 300 - 650 p
Individually selected courses 300 p
p r o j e c t
Core subjets 750 p
Common programme specific courses 500p Ex Computin
g Vehicles
Aircraft
Coachwork
Machines and lorries
Cars
Transport
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Programme structureEx Natural Science programme
2500 p
Branches 300 p
Core subjects 750 p
Math. and Computer Science
Optional Courses 200 p
Individually selected courses 300 p
p r o j e c t
Core subjets 750 p
Common programme specific courses 850p Ex Biology
A Physics A History A
Enviromen- tal sciences
Natural science
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All National Programmes Core subjects
Course Credit Swedish A 100 Swedish
B 100 English A 100 Mathematics
A 100 SportsHealth A 100 Civics
A 100 Religion A 50 General
Science 50 Arts 50 (History A 50)
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Natural Science Programme Common programme
specific courses
Course Credit Biology A 100
p English B 100 p Physics A 100 p History
A 100 p Chemistry A 100 p Mathematics B 50
p Mathematics C 100 p Mathematics D 100 p Modern
languages 100 p
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Natural Science ProgrammeBranchMathematics and
Computer Science
Common courses 300 p Programming A 50
p Mathematics discrete Mathematics E 50 p other
cumputer courses 150 p
Optional courses 200 p examples Biology B Physics
B Chemistry B Philosophy Civics Modern languages
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Programme structureEx Vehicle programme 2500 p,
Branch transport
Year 3
Year 2
Year 1
Core subject
Core subjects
Core subjetcs
Core subjetcs
Optional courses
Optional courses
Branch Transport
Individually selected courses
Common courses
Ind. choice
Common courses
Project
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Examples of problems found

• Students in vocational programmes leave upper
  secondary school without a complete set of grades
  
• The students are not enough prepare for future
  working life
• The studies were too fragmented
• The students choose of programmes
• The schools contacts with the social partners

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Resultat i PISA 2003 Matematik
Källa Skolverket
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Government NT-Initiativ

• NT-subjects have got more time in school
• Technology has become a subject in compulsory
  school
• Mathematics and General Science are coresubjects
  in USE
• A natural science perspective is introduced in USE

• NOT-project 2003-2003 5 million euro
• Unemployed engineers were retrained to teachers
  (2002-03)
• Study grants for NT-studies in higher education
  1995-98

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• Nordlab A joint Nordic project 1999-2004
• Further education of teachers 1999-2001
• NT-year in adult education or in higher education
• NTA-project Financial support
• National centers for supporting Ma and
  NT-education
• Financial support to Science centers
• Mathemetics Committé 2003-2004