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Barton, H. Arnold "Popular Education in Sweden: Theory and Practice," in Facets of Education in the Eighteenth Century, ed. James A. Leith, (Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation, 1977) pp. 523–546. Bjorklund, Anders, et al. The market comes to education in Sweden: an evaluation of Sweden's surprising school reforms. (Russell Sage Foundation, 2006).
In 2011, about 19,200 migrants in the Swedish for immigrants program had 0–3 years of education. For instance in Borlänge, 4 out of 10 of those who completed the introduction for immigrants had no education at all, the majority being women. [13]
A Högskola (= university college in English) is an institution of higher education, similar to a university but typically smaller and with PhD-rights in fewer areas. The right to award doctoral degrees is in Sweden given and monitored by the Swedish Higher Education Authority in the same way for universities and university colleges.
The Swedish Higher Education Act is the Swedish law governing higher education in Sweden. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Around 80% of the funding for higher education in Sweden is provided by the government. [ 3 ] The Swedish higher education system is a part of the Bologna Process .
The Education Act aims to ensure the fair and just treatment of students in Sweden. [3] The act establishes educational standards for optimum pedagogy. The system was last changed in 2011, by Education act 2010:800, [4] which came into effect on July 1, 2011 and addresses the mistreatment of students in schools and bullying.
The Swedish Council for Higher Education (Swedish: Universitets- och högskolerådet, UHR) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Education and Research assigned to manage admissions to Swedish universities and university colleges, applications and development of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, and evaluate foreign qualifications.
This category collects all articles about education in Sweden. Please use the respective subcategories. Please use the respective subcategories. The main article for this category is Education in Sweden .
Education is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Research. Education responsibilities includes pre-school and child care for school children as well as adult education. [18] Education, including any university degree, is free in Sweden.