Exemptions from licensing requirements

The plan wants to abolish market-based schools and describes the privatized school system as a failure where quality is sacrificed. That schools can systematically employ unqualified teachers through an exception is such a system error, and the plan simultaneously demands an equitable and compensatory school with more teachers. A review of the exceptions and an abolished exception for English-language schools is therefore supported in substance, even though the plan does not comment on the language question.

• abolish market-based schoolsdecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill avskaffa marknadsskolan med start nästa mandatperiod.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to abolish market-based schools starting next election period.”
• equitable and compensatory school»En skola som ger barn lika chanser är också kompensatorisk, det vill säga den förmår ge mer stöd till den som kommer från sämre förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A school that gives children equal opportunities is also compensatory, that is, it can provide more support to those who come from worse circumstances.”
• improved quality in education»Vi vill göra stora investeringar i att höja kvaliteten i utbildningssystemet.« (party programme ↗)“We want to make major investments in raising the quality of the education system.”
• market-based schools as failure»Marknadsskolan är ett historiskt misslyckande, som visar vilka« (party programme ↗)“Market-based schools are a historical failure, which shows which”

The plan requires high-quality teaching in all schools and increased public control over education, which suggests that exemptions from qualification requirements should be reviewed so that schools do not systematically employ unqualified staff. The plan moreover consistently drives language requirements and that everyone shall master Swedish, which supports the requirement that the exemption for English-medium schools be removed. The question of qualification exemptions is not directly addressed.

• quality in all teachingdecisive»Högkvalitativ undervisning i alla svenska skolor.« (party programme ↗)“High-quality teaching in all Swedish schools.”
• language requirements in welfare professions»Genom språkkrav och utbildningsinsatser vill vi säkerställa att alla som jobbar i välfärden talar god svenska.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Through language requirements and training initiatives, we want to ensure that everyone working in welfare speaks good Swedish.”
• public governance of schools»Ökat statligt ansvar och stärkt rådighet på skolområdet.« (party programme ↗)“Increased public responsibility and strengthened control over education.”
• language requirements for employees»Vi vill införa språkkrav för anställda inom förskola och äldreomsorg, med möjlighet till språkutbildning för den som inte har tillräckliga kunskaper.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to introduce language requirements for employees in pre-school and eldercare, with the possibility of language training for those who do not have sufficient knowledge.”

The plan's commitment to good and equivalent education throughout the country, together with criticism of market-driven schools, speaks to exceptions that allow individual schools to systematically employ unqualified teachers being reviewed and removed. The plan also wants to raise the status of the teaching profession through salaries and working conditions. However, the plan does not bear the counter-proposal's language argument: the right to mother-tongue teaching is explicitly protected.

• equivalent education throughout the countrydecisive»En god och likvärdig utbildning, tillgänglig i hela landet« (party programme ↗)“Good and equivalent education, accessible throughout the country”
• criticism of market-driven schools»Marknadsskolan har bidragit till att förstärka klyftorna i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Market-driven schools have contributed to strengthening divides in society.”
• attractive teaching profession»göra det attraktivt att vara lärare genom att säkra höjda löner och en god arbetsmiljö i skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make teaching attractive by ensuring higher salaries and a good working environment in schools.”
• right to mother-tongue teaching»Rätten till modersmålsundervisning ska säkerställas och ses som en självklar del av en« (party programme ↗)“The right to mother-tongue teaching shall be ensured and seen as a natural part of a”

The plan cherishes and wants to further develop school choice and parents' right to choose a school, and stands for openness to the world rather than closed borders. To quickly remove the exemption for English-language schools on the grounds that Swedish should be the main language restricts both school choice freedom and the international openness the plan is built on. The evidence is weak, hence low confidence.

• cherish school choicedecisive»För att uppnå det måste vi värna och vidareutveckla det fria skolvalet, och åtgärda de brister som finns.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To achieve that, we must cherish and further develop school choice and remedy the shortcomings that exist.”
• right to choose school»Föräldrarnas och barnens rätt att välja skola är central« (party programme ↗)“Parents' and children's right to choose a school is central”
• openness to the world»Sverige behöver mer frihandel och internationellt samarbete, inte protektionism och stängda gränser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs more free trade and international cooperation, not protectionism and closed borders.”
• internationally attractive education»utbildningen är attraktiv för utländska studenter och internationella forskare« (party programme ↗)“education is attractive for foreign students and international researchers”

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 establishes that teaching profession's standing and quality be maintained with the help of teacher certification and that Swedish shall be the society-bearing language. A review of which exceptions from the certification requirement are justified, including the exception for English-language schools, is in line with both commitments. However, the plan does not directly address the exceptions, which is why the conclusion is derived.

• certification maintains qualitydecisive»Läraryrkets ställning och kvalitet upprätthålls med hjälp av lärarlegitimationen.« (party programme ↗)“Teaching profession's standing and quality are maintained with the help of teacher certification.”
• Swedish as main language»Svenska är och ska vara det samhällsbärande språket.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish is and shall be the society-bearing language.”
• raised competency requirements»Antagningskraven till lärarutbildningen ska höjas.« (party programme ↗)“Admission requirements to teacher education shall be raised.”
• Swedish language's importance»Bristande språkkunskaper permanentar utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Deficient language skills perpetuate exclusion.”

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 counter-proposal's central ground is that children growing up in Sweden should learn Swedish with Swedish as the main language, and the plan makes Swedish language status a stewardship issue that should be constitutionally protected. Knowledge of the Swedish language is also identified as one of the keys to integration. Removing the exception that allows English-language schools to employ unqualified teachers follows from this, even if the plan's support for independent schools' freedom goes in the opposite direction.

• Swedish language statusdecisive»Förvaltarskapsansvaret inbegriper också det svenska språket, vars ställning som majoritetsspråk bör vara grundlagsskyddat.« (party programme ↗)“Stewardship responsibility also includes the Swedish language, whose status as a majority language should be constitutionally protected.”
• Swedish as a key to integration»Jobb, kunskap i svenska språket och det civila samhället är viktiga nycklar till integration.« (party programme ↗)“Employment, knowledge of the Swedish language and civil society are important keys to integration.”
• support for independent schools»Enskilda eller sammanslutningar av medborgare som bestämmer sig för att driva fristående« (party programme ↗)“Individual or associations of citizens who decide to run independent”

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 guards free school choice and diversity among schools, and explicitly wants to safeguard the opportunity to recruit and retain foreign expertise. Quickly removing the exemption that allows English-language schools to employ unqualified teachers would reduce that diversity. The plan's tools against failing schools are inspection and closure, not restricted exemptions.

• free school choice is preserveddecisive»Det fria skolvalet gör att alla barn oavsett bakgrund och ekonomi kan välja den skola som passar dem bäst. Den friheten vill vi bevara.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Free school choice means that all children regardless of background and means can choose the school that suits them best. We want to preserve that freedom.”
• diversity in schools»Det svenska utbildningssystemet ska präglas av mångfald« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish school system shall be characterized by diversity”
• safeguard foreign expertise»Sätta stopp för kompetensutvisningarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop skills-based deportations”
• inspection rather than rule change»Ge Skolinspektionen i särskilt uppdrag att granska och stänga skolor som kan misstänkas främja radikalisering och segregation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Task the School Inspectorate specifically with inspecting and closing schools that can be suspected of promoting radicalization and segregation”

The counter-proposal's core is that exemptions from the certification requirement shall be reviewed and that the exemption for English-language schools be removed, on the grounds that children growing up in Sweden should learn Swedish with Swedish as the main language. The plan makes the Swedish language a guiding principle in the school system and demands a knowledge-focused school with equal conditions. This leads to support for the demand.

• instruction in Swedishdecisive»Alla barn ska också ges möjlighet att bli en del av det svenska samhället och verksamheten ska därför bedrivas på svenska språket.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All children shall also be given the opportunity to become part of Swedish society and the activity shall therefore be conducted in Swedish.”
• Swedish language is prioritized»Prioritera svenska språket inom barnomsorgen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prioritize the Swedish language within childcare”
• equal conditions at all schools»Återupprätta en kunskapsfokuserad skola genom beprövad pedagogik och fokus på traditionellt lärande med lika villkor på alla skolor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reinstate a knowledge-focused school through tried and tested pedagogy and focus on traditional learning with equal conditions at all schools”
• school as norm-creating»Skolan ska göras till en trygg plats för elever och personal, som skapar normer för sammanhållning mellan människor och som fokuserar på kunskap och bildning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The school shall be made into a safe place for students and staff, which creates norms for cohesion between people and focuses on knowledge and education.”

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.