Write-off of Student Loans and Exam Premium

The plan's commitment in the student support area is to increase student support generally and to make it easier to study regardless of the thickness of one's wallet, with good opportunities for learning throughout life. A graduation bonus whose purpose is stronger incentives to finish on time is based on the performance logic that the election manifesto explicitly criticizes and directs resources to those who already have the best conditions. The plan therefore provides no support for the counter-proposal's demands, even though it does not address graduation bonuses directly.

• generally increased student supportdecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill värna universitetens oberoende och finansiering och höja studiestödet så att fler kan välja att vidareutbilda sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to safeguard universities' independence and funding and increase student support so more can choose to pursue further education.”
• equitable access to education»Det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett vem du är, tjockleken på din plånbok eller var i landet du bor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become easier to pursue education after compulsory school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live.”
• rejects performance pressure»Högerns idé är att invandrade, sjuka och arbetslösa är lata och om vi får det sämre så tvingas vi prestera bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Right's idea is that immigrants, the sick and the unemployed are lazy and if we have it worse we are forced to perform better.”
• lifelong learning»goda möjligheter till lärande genom hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“good opportunities for learning throughout life.”

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 party programme is critical of economic drivers being made into the dominant steering instrument and sums this up with that when everything has a price, nothing has any value. A degree premium that rewards quick graduation is such an incentive, and it risks disadvantaging those who need more time, while the programme instead requires that social skewing to university is broken and that study funding is adapted to lifelong learning.

• criticism of incentive-based steeringdecisive»När allt har ett pris har ingenting något värde.« (party programme ↗)“When everything has a price, nothing has any value.”
• break social skewing»Den sociala snedrekryteringen till högskolan måste brytas« (party programme ↗)“Social skewing to university must be broken”
• study funding for lifelong learning»Utbildningssektorn och studiefinansieringssystemet måste avpassas för« (party programme ↗)“The education sector and study funding system must be adapted for”

The counter-proposal wants to investigate an exam bonus that rewards those who finish within set time. The plan's study-social line is instead generally higher study support and security systems that allow students to study without working, and study support that promotes lifelong learning even for older students — a bonus conditional on study pace does not benefit them. The plan says nothing about exam bonuses, and the commitment that regulations shall facilitate completing studies pulls in the opposite direction, so the confidence is low.

• lifelong learning in study supportdecisive»Det ska också främja ett livslångt lärande för äldre studenter.« (party programme ↗)“It should also promote lifelong learning for older students.”
• generally raised study support»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise study support and improve students' unemployment insurance and health insurance.”
• study support that suffices»Studenter ska kunna studera utan att behöva arbeta under studietiden.« (party programme ↗)“Students shall be able to study without needing to work during their studies.”
• facilitate completed studies»Regelverken ska utformas så att de underlättar för studenter att fullfölja sina studier.« (party programme ↗)“Regulations shall be designed so that they facilitate students completing their studies.”

The election manifesto itself proposes an examination premium as a tool, in that case to recruit more nurses, and also wants to use student loan write-off to get more qualified teachers. Investigating an examination premium system on the Norwegian model thus aligns directly with the plan's own commitments. The plan does not see debt write-off as unjust, but as a legitimate policy instrument.

• examination premium as tooldecisive»Vi vill rekrytera fler sjuksköterskor genom att införa en examenspremie och ge lön under specialiststudietiden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to recruit more nurses by introducing an examination premium and paying during specialist studies.”
• student loan write-off»Med hjälp av fler vägar in i läraryrket och studiemedelsavskrivning kan vi rekrytera fler behöriga lärare i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With the help of more paths into teaching and student loan write-off we can recruit more qualified teachers throughout the country.”
• education throughout life»Alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone who wants to shall have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout life.”
• encourage education investments»Staten bör uppmuntra och gynna enskildas och arbetsgivares investeringar i, och sparande till, fortbildning och kompetensutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“The state should encourage and favour individuals' and employers' investments in, and savings for, further training and skills development.”

The party programme explicitly says that there shall be drives for students to graduate with normal or higher study pace, for example through the introduction of a graduation bonus. The counter-proposal's requirement to investigate an examination premium system is in substance exactly this commitment. The plan moreover wishes to facilitate faster completion through a three-term system and intensive courses.

• graduation bonusdecisive»normal eller högre studietakt, exempelvis genom införandet av en examensbonus.« (party programme ↗)“normal or higher study pace, for example through the introduction of a graduation bonus.”
• faster throughput»Treterminssystem och intensivkurser är viktiga för att möjliggöra att utbildningen kan fullföljas« (party programme ↗)“A three-term system and intensive courses are important to enable education to be completed”
• student support regardless of background»Studiemedelssystemet ska skapa förutsättningar för alla oavsett ekonomisk bakgrund« (party programme ↗)“The student support system shall create conditions for all regardless of economic background”
• flexible repayment of student loans»För dig som studerat och tagit studielån vill vi dessutom införa en femårig CSN-paus, så att du när du vill ska kunna ta ett uppehåll från din återbetalning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For you who have studied and taken student loans we moreover want to introduce a five-year CSN break, so that you when you wish shall be able to take a pause from your repayment.”

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 requires that studies and skills development must be profitable and that it is made worthwhile to pursue higher education, whilst the student finance system shall be straightforward and sustainable in the long term. An investigated exam bonus that strengthens incentives to complete studies on time aligns with this. The plan takes no position on debt relief for student loans.

• studies shall be profitabledecisive»Studier och kompetensutveckling måste« (party programme ↗)“Studies and skills development must”
• worthwhile higher education»Det är av gemensamt intresse att det görs lönsamt att genomgå« (party programme ↗)“It is in the common interest that it is made worthwhile to pursue”
• straightforward student finance»vara överblickbart och långsiktigt hållbart.« (party programme ↗)“be straightforward and sustainable in the long term.”

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 wants resources to higher education to be distributed so that academic quality, throughput and labour market establishment are prioritized, and it already uses student loan forgiveness as a steering mechanism for the police profession. The counter-proposal's demand to investigate an examination premium system so that more complete on time aligns with that incentive logic. The plan does not mention examination premiums, so the conclusion is derived.

• throughput is prioritizeddecisive»Arbeta för ett resursfördelningssystem till högskolan så att akademisk kvalitet, genomströmning samt etablering på arbetsmarknaden premieras i högre utsträckning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for a resource-allocation system for higher education so that academic quality, throughput and labour market establishment are prioritized to a greater extent”
• forgiveness as steering mechanism»Skriva av studielånen för den som utbildar sig och börjar arbeta som polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Write off student loans for those who train and start working as police”
• education must pay»Sverige ska ha ett utbildningssystem och en arbetsmarknad« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall have an education system and a labour market”
• effort must pay off»Sänka skatten på arbete så att din ansträngning lönar sig bättre« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower the tax on work so that your effort pays off better”

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 does not address study support or exam bonuses. The nearest lying commitments are that every public investment should show clear results, that higher education should be adapted to the needs of the labour market and that it should become more rewarding to work. Investigating an exam bonus system that gives students incentives to complete their studies on time aligns with these principles, but the basis is weak.

• results requirement on public fundsdecisive»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
• education according to labour market needs»Den högre utbildningen ska i högre grad anpassas efter behoven på en framtida arbetsmarknad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Higher education should to a greater extent be adapted to the needs of a future labour market.”
• work should pay»Göra det mer lönsamt att arbeta« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it more rewarding to work”

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.