Folk high schools for special groups

The plan establishes that folk high schools and adult education programmes need to exist throughout the country and that the study associations' position must be protected. It wants to particularly invest in civic education as part of democracy's infrastructure and gives folk high schools a particular role in the education system. That warning about reduced appropriations hollowing out the offering, particularly in sparsely populated areas and disadvantaged areas, lies directly in the plan's line.

• folk high schools throughout the countrydecisive»Folkhögskolor och Komvux behövs i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Folk high schools and adult education programmes need to exist throughout the country.”
• protect the study associations»Därför behöver vi också värna studieförbundens ställning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we also need to protect the study associations' position.”
• invest in civic education»Därför är det särskilt viktigt att satsa på och utveckla folkbiblioteken, folkbildningen och public services oberoende ställning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore it is particularly important to invest in and develop public libraries, civic education and public service's independent position.”
• folk high schools' particular role»Folkhögskolorna har en särskild roll i det svenska« (party programme ↗)“Folk high schools have a particular role in the Swedish”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme explicitly requires support for popular education and protection of the folk high schools, and the election manifesto sees popular education as a source of strong democracy. It supports the counter-proposal's objection that reduced appropriations and frozen grants shrink the supply, especially in rural areas and socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. The plan also requires good access to further education in all regions of the country.

• protected folk high schoolsdecisive»Stöd till folkbildning och värnande av folkhögskolorna.« (party programme ↗)“Support for popular education and protection of the folk high schools.”
• popular education strengthens democracy»Folkbildning ger stark demokrati och möjligheter till personlig utveckling vid sidan av den formella utbildningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Popular education gives strong democracy and opportunities for personal development alongside formal education.”
• education throughout the country»God tillgång till vidareutbildning och omställning i alla landsdelar.« (party programme ↗)“Good access to further education and transition in all regions.”
• vibrant civic movements»Livskraftiga folkrörelser för att hålla ihop samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Vibrant civic movements to hold society together.”

The plan explicitly states that the conditions for folk education must be protected and that financial support for the country's folk high schools and study associations shall be ensured. The counter-proposal's warning of reduced appropriations and shrinking supply hits exactly that commitment. The plan also wants the folk high school's broad course offerings to be protected and expanded, and sees folk education as bearing education, culture and democracy.

• secure support for folk educationdecisive»att det ekonomiska stödet till landets folkhögskolor och studieförbund säkerställs.« (party programme ↗)“that financial support for the country's folk high schools and study associations is ensured.”
• folk education's importance»Folkbildningen genom studieförbund och folkhögskolor har stor betydelse för bildning,« (party programme ↗)“Folk education through study associations and folk high schools is of great importance for education,”
• folk high school to be expanded»Folkhögskolans breda kursutbud, yrkeshögskolan och andra vuxenutbildningar ska« (party programme ↗)“The folk high school's broad course offerings, vocational colleges and other adult education shall”
• free folk-educational activities»utbildning av hög kvalitet, stark offentlig finansiering samt fria folkbildande« (party programme ↗)“education of high quality, strong public financing and free folk-educational”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan states that independent popular education has great importance in times when democratic values are questioned and that education from preschool to lifelong popular education is a supporting part of the democratic project. It also requires that culture and education exist throughout the country. Reduced appropriations hollowing out the supply, especially in sparsely populated areas, contradicts these commitments.

• independent popular educationdecisive»En fristående folkbildning har mycket stor betydelse i tider då demokratiska värden ifrågasätts.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Independent popular education has great importance in times when democratic values are questioned.”
• education underpins 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, from preschool to universities to lifelong popular education, is a supporting part of the democratic project.”
• culture and education nationwide»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point for the Center Party.”
• civil society's role»Det civila samhället, människornas frivilliga organisering, är en fundamental del av varje väl fungerande demokrati och välfärdsstat.« (party programme ↗)“Civil society, people's voluntary organization, is a fundamental part of every well-functioning democracy and welfare state.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan states that folk education contributes to raising knowledge levels, that the folk university and study associations are important forms of education and that free folk education should have good and long-term conditions. According to the plan, Liberals should explicitly support free folk education. The counter-proposal's requirement that folk education provision not be hollowed out is thus the plan's own line.

• folk education's valuedecisive»Folkbildningen bidrar till höjd kunskapsnivå i samhället. Såväl folkhögskolan som« (party programme ↗)“Folk education contributes to raised knowledge levels in society. Both the folk university as well as”
• long-term conditions for folk education»offentliga och privata aktörer kompletteras med goda och långsiktiga villkor för den« (party programme ↗)“public and private actors are complemented with good and long-term conditions for”
• support for free folk education»Därför värnar liberaler bildningstanken, främjar bildningsresor och stödjer den fria« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, liberals value the education ideal, promote educational journeys and support free”
• right to supplement education»Den som saknar fullständig grundskole- eller gymnasieutbildning ska ha rätt att när som helst« (party programme ↗)“Anyone lacking complete primary or secondary education has the right to whenever”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan establishes that adult education's unique and important task contributes to people's development and that folk high schools and study associations must be given freedom and opportunities to develop on their own terms, which is exactly what the counter-proposal values when appropriations decrease. Adult education is additionally given an indispensable role for a rich cultural life and a living democracy. The demand for a well-developed adult education supports that the supply does not shrink in sparsely populated areas and socioeconomically vulnerable areas.

• folk high schools' freedomdecisive»mycket värdefull utbildningstradition som måste ges frihet och möjligheter att utvecklas på egna villkor.« (party programme ↗)“very valuable educational tradition that must be given freedom and opportunities to develop on its own terms”
• adult education's task»Folkbildningens unika och viktiga uppdrag bidrar till människors möjligheter till utveckling« (party programme ↗)“Adult education's unique and important task contributes to people's opportunities for development”
• adult education for democracy»I detta sammanhang spelar folkbildningen en omistlig roll.« (party programme ↗)“In this context adult education plays an indispensable role”
• well-developed adult education»Det innebär att vuxenutbildningen ska vara väl utbyggd.« (party programme ↗)“This means that adult education shall be well developed”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan contains no commitment to folk high schools or study associations' appropriations. The closest principle is that state spending shall decrease and that policy must prioritize and choose to forego, and that grants to organisations shall be conditional. Based on that principle, the plan does not support the requirement for restored and expanded appropriations to popular education.

• decreased state spendingdecisive»Statens utgifter ska minska – vi ska stoppa slöseriet med skattepengar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“State spending shall decrease – we shall stop waste of tax money”
• prioritize and choose to forego»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritize and choose to forego”
• conditional grants to organisations»Stoppa utbetalningar av skattepengar till organisationer som inte delar det svenska samhällets grundläggande demokratiska värderingar utan som hotar människors frihet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop payments of tax money to organisations that do not share Swedish society's fundamental democratic values but that threaten people's freedom”
• requirements in adult education»Ställa högre krav på den som deltar i SFIundervisning – om individuella kunskapsmål inte uppnås ska bidragen kunna minska« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Place higher demands on the person participating in Swedish for Immigrants education - if individual knowledge goals are not achieved grants can decrease”

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The counter-proposal wants to protect allocations to study associations and folk high schools and warns that reduced subsidies shrink supply for particular groups. The plan requires that unnecessary expenses be cut, that clear results be demanded for every public investment and that ineffective integration programmes be abolished, and that public economic control over the cultural sphere be reduced. The demand for maintained or increased allocations therefore does not follow from the plan.

• results requirements for public allocationsdecisive»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
• cut unnecessary expenses»Skala bort onödiga utgifter i det offentliga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cut unnecessary expenses in the public sector”
• abolish ineffective programmes»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish ineffective labour market and integration programmes that are created to hide unemployment”
• reduced public cultural control»Minska det offentligas ekonomiska kontroll över samtidskulturen och mediesfären« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce public economic control over contemporary culture and the media sphere”