Overall conditions

The plan demands equal pre-school education and investments in the entire education system, and it particularly points out corporate-run operations as a problem through the demand to abolish market education. Appointing a commission with professionals and researchers for baseline analysis and proposals on quality and equivalence supports that direction, and the plan explicitly wants welfare professionals to be listened to.

• equal and equivalent pre-schooldecisive»Svensk förskola och skola ska vara jämlik och jämställd, där alla barn och unga ges samma rätt till utbildning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish pre-school and school shall be equal and equitable, where all children and young people are given equal rights to education.”
• investment in the entire education system»Vänsterpartiet vill satsa på hela utbildningssystemet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to invest in the entire education system.”
• abolish market education»Vänsterpartiet vill avskaffa marknadsskolan med start nästa mandatperiod.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to abolish market education starting next term.”
• professional knowledge shall be taken into account»Dessa samhällsbärare förtjänar att bli lyssnade på.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“These pillars of society deserve to be listened to.”

The plan makes preschool the foundation for lifelong learning, demands more resources for the most disadvantaged preschools and wants resources to stay in the activity through a stop to market-driven schools. A commission that analyses quality and equality, among other things in light of more corporation-run preschools, is consistent with these commitments and with the requirement for high quality in all education. The form of commission is not addressed in the plan.

• preschool as foundationdecisive»Förskolan bildar grunden för det livslånga lärandet.« (party programme ↗)“Preschool forms the foundation for lifelong learning.”
• resources for preschool»De mest utsatta skolorna och förskolorna måste få mer resurser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The most disadvantaged schools and preschools must receive more resources.”
• stop market-driven schools»För det krävs mer resurser och att resurserna stannar i skolan genom ett stopp för marknadsskolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“This requires more resources and for resources to stay in schools through a stop to market-driven schools.”
• quality requirements for education»Hög kvalitet är det grundläggande kravet på all utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“High quality is the fundamental requirement for all education.”

The plan requires high quality in preschool for all children, well-educated educators and smaller child groups, and sees corporate-run welfare as a problem for equality. A commission with professional and research expertise to raise quality and equality in preschool serves these commitments. The plan therefore speaks in favour of the requirement.

• high quality in preschooldecisive»Såväl förskolan som andra barnomsorgsformer ska hålla hög kvalitet för alla barn.« (party programme ↗)“Both preschool and other forms of childcare shall maintain high quality for all children.”
• educated preschool teachers»Vi vill därför att det ska finnas god tillgång till väl utbildade pedagoger i förskolan.« (party programme ↗)“We therefore want there to be good availability of well-educated preschool teachers.”
• smaller child groups»satsa på mindre barngrupper och mer personal i förskolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in smaller child groups and more staff in preschool.”
• stop profit-seeking»sätta stopp för vinstjakten i skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“put an end to profit-seeking in schools.”

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 makes an equivalent pre-school and school throughout the country an explicit commitment and wants governance to be characterised by strict quality requirements and equivalence. It also wants to make pre-school accessible to all. A commission that makes a situation analysis and presents proposals for higher quality and equivalence in pre-school serves these goals, even though the plan does not comment on precisely this instrument.

• equivalent pre-school throughout the countrydecisive»Därför ska vi ha en likvärdig förskola och skola i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we shall have an equivalent pre-school and school throughout the country.”
• strict quality requirements»Styrningen av skolan ska kännetecknas av strikta kvalitetskrav och likvärdighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Governance of the school shall be characterised by strict quality requirements and equivalence.”
• pre-school accessible to all»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla, utan att dessa kostnader drabbar kommunerna, för att underlätta integrationen, stärka jämställdheten och ge varje barn en chans att utvecklas tillsammans med pedagoger och andra barn.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make pre-school and after-school activities accessible to everyone, without these costs falling on the municipalities, to facilitate integration, strengthen equality and give every child a chance to develop together with educators and other children.”
• quality throughout the country»Bra förskolor, skolor och fritidshem ska finnas i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Good pre-schools, schools and after-school centres should exist throughout the country.”

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 gives preschool a decisive role, wants to expand it and builds quality on qualified preschool teachers, at the same time as equivalence is a guiding commitment throughout the education system. A commission that analyses the current state and proposes measures for increased quality and equivalence in preschool aligns with this, but the plan says nothing about just such a commission. The stance is therefore derived and uncertain.

• expanded preschooldecisive»Vi vill bygga ut förskolan och satsa på det svenska språket.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to expand preschool and prioritise the Swedish language.”
• equivalence in education»En likvärdig skola är en förutsättning för att alla elever ska få samma möjligheter.« (party programme ↗)“An equivalent school is a precondition for all pupils to get the same opportunities.”
• quality via qualified staff»Verksamheten ska ledas av legitimerade förskollärare.« (party programme ↗)“Activities shall be led by qualified preschool teachers.”

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 equal and high quality in preschool with small child groups and competent staff, and proceeds from the fact that children have different needs. A commission that does a status analysis and proposes improved quality and equality is in line with that commitment. The plan however gives no support for the counter-proposal's criticism of corporate-run preschools, since independent alternatives shall be encouraged.

• equal and high quality in preschooldecisive»ska präglas av valfrihet, jämn och hög kvalitet« (party programme ↗)“shall be characterized by choice, equal and high quality”
• small child groups»i form av små barngrupper och personal med både pedagogisk och omvårdande kompetens.« (party programme ↗)“in the form of small child groups and staff with both pedagogical and care competence.”
• children's different needs»Barn har olika behov och förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Children have different needs and prerequisites.”
• independent alternatives are encouraged»som bestämmer sig för att driva fristående skolor ska« (party programme ↗)“who choose to run independent schools shall”

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 contains nothing about a commission for preschool. Its line is that the state's task is primarily to set and monitor knowledge requirements, that policy shall prioritize and choose not to do things, and that quality in preschool is improved through early language initiatives. The counter-proposal's premise that more privately operated preschools are a problem also contradicts the plan's view of a diversity of providers as a precondition for renewal.

• statens fokus på kunskapskravdecisive»Staten har en avgörande uppgift att först och främst fastställa och följa upp tydliga kunskapskrav.« (party programme ↗)“The state has a crucial task to first and foremost set and monitor clear knowledge requirements.”
• mångfald av utförare»En mångfald av aktörer är också en förutsättning för förnyelse och innovation.« (party programme ↗)“A diversity of providers is also a precondition for renewal and innovation.”
• tidiga språkinsatser»Införa obligatorisk språkuppföljning vid 3 års ålder för att upptäcka barn som inte kan tala svenska« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce mandatory language monitoring at age 3 to identify children who cannot speak Swedish”
• prioritera kärnuppgifter»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritize and choose not to do things,”

The plan mentions no commission, but it explicitly wants to create better conditions for preschool educational activities, increase requirements for independent preschools and strengthen supervision. It also calls for national guidelines with comparable requirements and equal opportunities in childcare. A joint effort with a status analysis and proposals for quality and equality in preschools therefore aligns with the plan's commitments.

• better conditions in preschooldecisive»Skapa bättre förutsättningar för den pedagogiska verksamheten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create better conditions for educational activities”
• national guidelines and equality»Nationella riktlinjer behöver inrättas som tar fasta på jämförbara krav på hur den pedagogiska omsorgen ska bedrivas och på att verksamheten ska erbjudas likvärdiga möjligheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“National guidelines need to be established that focus on comparable requirements for how educational childcare should be conducted and that the activity should be offered equal opportunities.”
• stricter requirements for independent preschools»Öka kraven för fristående förskolor samt utöka Skolinspektionens befogenheter och kontroller« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase requirements for independent preschools and expand the School Inspection Board's powers and controls”
• reclaim preschool quality»Svensk barnomsorg har tidigare setts som ett föredöme i stora delar av världen, en position vi ämnar återta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish childcare has previously been seen as a model in large parts of the world, a position we aim to reclaim.”

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.