Follow-up and strengthened cultural mission

The plan states that culture and sport have been impoverished in the school when school libraries have been closed and activities have become more expensive, and requires legislative support for the culture school and municipally supported leisure activities for children and young people. Following up how removed optional time affects the position of culture and sport and investigating a strengthened cultural mission follows from this. The plan says nothing about the committee's reasons that the curriculum's scope is already sufficient.

• culture and sport are impoverisheddecisive»Även kulturen och idrotten har utarmats när skolbibliotek läggs ned, simskolan blivit dyrare och biografer finns på färre orter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture and sport have also been impoverished when school libraries are closed, swimming lessons have become more expensive and cinemas are found in fewer places.”
• legislative support for culture school»Kulturskolan ska få lagmässigt stöd« (party programme ↗)“The culture school shall receive legislative support”
• leisure activities for young people»Ge barn och ungdomar möjligheter till kommunalt stödda fritidsaktiviteter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give children and young people opportunities for municipally supported leisure activities”
• everyone's right to culture»Alla ska ha samma rätt och möjlighet att utöva kultur och att ta del« (party programme ↗)“Everyone shall have the same right and opportunity to practice culture and to participate”

The plan commits to strengthening the cultural school and increasing access to sports and cultural activities at reasonable costs, so that parents' wallets do not decide. Monitoring how removed elective teaching time affects the standing of culture and sports and investigating a strengthened cultural mission in school serves exactly this purpose. The party programme's requirement to make art accessible to all children and stimulate creative expression points in the same direction.

• all children's access to culturedecisive»Vi vill stärka kulturskolan för att säkra alla barns möjligheter till kulturella aktiviteter, och genomföra särskilda satsningar i resurssvaga områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen the cultural school to secure all children's access to cultural activities, and implement special initiatives in resource-poor areas.”
• sports and culture for all children»Tillgången till fritidsaktiviteter till rimliga kostnader, både vad gäller idrott och kultur, behöver öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to leisure activities at reasonable costs, for both sports and culture, needs to increase.”
• culture accessible to all»konstens olika uttrycksformer tillgängliga för alla, barn och vuxna, i hela landet« (party programme ↗)“art's various forms of expression available to all, children and adults, throughout the country”
• creative cultural expression»syftar till att stimulera till eget kulturskapande och kulturell delaktighet« (party programme ↗)“aims to stimulate creative cultural expression and cultural participation”

The election manifesto promises investments in children's culture in schools with aesthetic subjects in all upper secondary programmes and a strengthened cultural school, and the party programme states that aesthetic and creative activities as well as physical activity are important for the development of the whole person. Following up on how the removal of elective teaching time affects the status of culture and sport and investigating a strengthened cultural mandate directly follow from these commitments. The counter-proposal's demands are therefore supported.

• aesthetic subjects in schoolsdecisive»satsa på barns kultur i skolan, med utbildad personal på alla skolbibliotek och estetiska ämnen i alla gymnasieprogram.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in children's culture in schools, with trained staff at all school libraries and aesthetic subjects in all upper secondary programmes.”
• creative activities develop the whole person»Estetisk och skapande verksamhet är liksom« (party programme ↗)“Aesthetic and creative activities are like”
• stronger cultural school»stärka kulturskolan och inrätta en kulturskolelag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen the cultural school and establish a cultural school law.”
• physical activity for public health»Fysisk rörelse är viktig för folkhälsan och välbefinnandet.« (party programme ↗)“Physical activity is important for public health and wellbeing.”

The plan establishes that the importance of sport, outdoor life and culture for public health is indisputable and that education from preschool to adult education is a bearing part of the democratic project, which supports the requirement to monitor how removal of elective time affects culture's and sport's position in school. The plan also sees cultural experiences as a fundamental part of people's participation and wants pupils' choice to be as wide as possible. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's substantive demand.

• sport and culture for public healthdecisive»Idrotten, friluftslivets och kulturens betydelse för folkhälsan är odiskutabel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The importance of sport, outdoor life and culture for public health is indisputable.”
• education bears democracy»Även bildning i bred mening, från förskolan till universiteten till den livslånga folkbildningen, är en bärande del av det demokratiska projektet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Education in a broad sense too, from preschool to universities to lifelong adult education, is a bearing part of the democratic project.”
• culture and participation»Kulturupplevelser är en grundläggande del av människors självförverkligande och delaktighet i samhället« (party programme ↗)“Cultural experiences are a fundamental part of people's self-realisation and participation in society”
• pupils' choice of education»Möjligheten för elever och studenter att fritt välja utbildning ska vara så stor som möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“Pupils' and students' opportunity to freely choose education should be as wide as possible.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that Sweden shall be a model for culture by and for children and young people and that culture shall have a greater place in school, with reading highly prioritized at all levels. Following up how removed elective time affects the position of culture and sports and investigating a strengthened cultural mandate follows from that commitment. The plan simultaneously wishes to expand teaching time in Swedish and mathematics, which makes the support for follow-up rather than for retained elective time.

• culture for children and youthdecisive»Sverige ska vara ett föredöme på området kultur av och för barn och ungdomar.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a model in the field of culture by and for children and young people.”
• reading at all levels»Läsandet ska vara högt prioriterat i skolans alla stadier.« (party programme ↗)“Reading shall be highly prioritized at all stages of school.”
• cultural heritage at school»Alla barn och elever ska få läsa både svenska och internationella skönlitterära klassiker i skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All children and students shall read both Swedish and international literary classics at school.”
• more teaching time in core subjects»Vi vill bygga ut undervisningstiden i bland annat svenska och matematik så att det finns tid till att lära sig mer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to expand teaching time in, among others, Swedish and mathematics so there is time to learn more.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that space be given to practical and aesthetic subjects, that pupils engage in physical activity and sports and that culture is not limited to a defined sphere. This speaks for monitoring how removed elective instruction time affects culture's and sports' position and for investigating a strengthened cultural task. Sports and physical activity shall furthermore be promoted and supported by municipalities.

• space for aesthetic subjectsdecisive»praktiska och estetiska ämnen« (party programme ↗)“practical and aesthetic subjects”
• sports in school»eleverna engageras i motions- och idrottsaktiviteter.« (party programme ↗)“pupils engage in physical activity and sports activities.”
• physical activity promotes learning»Dessutom visar forskning att fysiska aktiviteter främjar lärandet.« (party programme ↗)“Moreover, research shows that physical activities promote learning.”
• support for sports»Hälsa, motion och olika former av idrott ska främjas och stödjas av kommunerna.« (party programme ↗)“Health, physical activity and various forms of sports shall be promoted and supported by municipalities.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan puts the knowledge task first: the school's other tasks rest on the ability to convey knowledge, teaching time shall be expanded and curricula focus on measurable factual knowledge. Instead following up and strengthening the school's cultural task and guarding elective time for aesthetic and sports activities lies outside that prioritization. The plan invests in sports for young people but does it outside the school timetable, through a sports initiative in disadvantaged areas.

• knowledge is the main taskdecisive»skolans förmåga att klara sitt huvuduppdrag att förmedla« (party programme ↗)“school's ability to manage its main task of conveying”
• more teaching time»Utöka undervisningstiden med en timme om dagen i lågstadiet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand teaching time by one hour a day in primary school”
• focus on factual knowledge»Fokusera på mätbara faktakunskaper, med inspiration från Finlands läroplan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Focus on measurable factual knowledge, inspired by Finland's curriculum”
• sports initiative outside school hours»Genomföra ett särskilt idrottslyft för utsatta områden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Carry out a special sports initiative for disadvantaged areas”

The counter-proposal wants to follow up how removed elective instruction time affects sports and culture's position in schools and investigate a strengthened cultural mandate. The plan establishes that sports education should increase in schools and that sedentary life is a growing public health problem, and that sports should reach all students. The plan also wants to strengthen cohesion around culture, which together supports a follow-up of these subjects' position.

• more sports in schoolsdecisive»Idrottsundervisningen bör öka i skolan och fritidsbaserad barn- och ungdomsidrott bör stimuleras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sports education should increase in schools and leisure-based youth sports should be stimulated.”
• counter sedentary life»Stillasittandet har samtidigt under en längre tid ökat i alla åldrar de senaste åren med följden att folkhälsan riskerar att påverkas negativt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sedentary life has at the same time increased over a longer period in all ages in recent years with the consequence that public health is at risk of being negatively affected.”
• increased participation in sports»Öka idrottandet i hela befolkningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase sports participation in the entire population”
• culture's cohesive role»Skapa sammanhållning kring den svenska kulturen och den nationella identiteten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create cohesion around Swedish culture and national identity”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.