Changed Conditions for Student Support

The plan requires that it becomes easier to get educated after primary school regardless of wallet thickness and highlights folk high schools' special role in the education system. Expanding the extra loan for instrument purchase to folk high schools' arts and media courses removes an economic barrier for exactly that entry into higher artistic education that is open to those without an aesthetic upper secondary programme. The plan also wants to increase study support so more can pursue further education.

• education regardless of walletdecisive»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 be easier to get educated after primary school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live.”
• folk high schools' special role»Folkhögskolorna har en särskild roll i det svenska« (party programme ↗)“Folk high schools have a special role in the Swedish”
• increased study support»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 protect universities' independence and funding and increase study support so more can choose to pursue further education.”
• folk high schools throughout the country»Folkhögskolor och Komvux behövs i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Folk high schools and Komvux are needed throughout the country.”

The party programme commits to support for adult education and protection of folk high schools, and establishes that access to culture and education shall not be a class issue. Denying folk high school art students the same additional loans for instruments as higher education students get makes access to artistic education depend on personal resources. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• protect folk high schoolsdecisive»Stöd till folkbildning och värnande av folkhögskolorna.« (party programme ↗)“Support for adult education and protection of folk high schools.”
• education not a class issue»Tillgången till kultur och bildning ska inte vara en klassfråga.« (party programme ↗)“Access to culture and education shall not be a class issue.”
• value of adult education»Folkbildning ger stark demokrati och möjligheter till personlig utveckling vid sidan av den formella utbildningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adult education provides strong democracy and opportunities for personal development alongside formal 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.

The plan wants to break social skew in recruitment to higher education and value the folk high school's broad course offerings as a path forward in the education system. Allowing folk high school arts and media courses to be covered by extra loans for instrument purchase removes an economic barrier for those who lack an aesthetic upper secondary programme. The plan does not address loan rules as such, so the stance is derived from commitments on study support and broadened recruitment.

• break social skew in recruitmentdecisive»Vi ska sluta slösa talanger – den sociala snedrekryteringen måste brytas.« (party programme ↗)“We must stop wasting talent – social skew in recruitment must be broken.”
• value the folk high school»Folkhögskolans breda kursutbud, yrkeshögskolan och andra vuxenutbildningar« (party programme ↗)“The folk high school's broad course offerings, vocational higher education and other adult education”
• better study economics»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise study support and improve students' unemployment insurance and sick leave insurance.”

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 details, but states that independent folk education is of great importance and that everyone who wishes should be able to educate themselves throughout their lives. That folk high school's arts and media courses are covered by the same additional loans as higher education follows from valuing artistic freedom and equal pathways to education. The conclusion is derived from general commitments and is therefore uncertain.

• importance of folk educationdecisive»En fristående folkbildning har mycket stor betydelse i tider då demokratiska värden ifrågasätts.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Independent folk education is of great importance in times when democratic values are questioned.”
• lifelong learning for all»Alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone who wishes should have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout their lives.”
• artistic freedom»Den akademiska och konstnärliga friheten liksom den fria kulturen är grundbultar i ett vitalt civilsamhälle.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Academic and artistic freedom as well as free culture are cornerstones of a vital civil society.”
• free educational choice»Möjligheten för elever och studenter att fritt välja utbildning ska vara så stor som möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“The opportunity for students to freely choose education should be as great 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 requires that the study grant system gives all regardless of economic background the conditions to study, and highlights folk high school as an important educational form that shall have good and long-term conditions. That letting extra loans for instrument purchase include even art and media courses at folk high school removes an economic obstacle on a way into higher artistic education. The plan also wants to see good conditions for artistic creation.

• study grants regardless of backgrounddecisive»Studiemedelssystemet ska skapa förutsättningar för alla oavsett ekonomisk bakgrund att studera på akademisk nivå.« (party programme ↗)“Study grant system shall create conditions for all regardless of economic background to study at academic level.”
• folk high school's value»Såväl folkhögskolan som studieförbunden är viktiga utbildningsformer som breddar människors möjligheter att lära nytt hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“Both folk high school and study associations are important educational forms that broaden people's opportunities to learn new things throughout life.”
• good conditions for public education»För att möta olika människors behov ska utbildningsmöjligheter som skapas av offentliga och privata aktörer kompletteras med goda och långsiktiga villkor för den fristående folkbildningen.« (party programme ↗)“To meet different people's needs educational opportunities created by public and private actors shall be supplemented with good and long-term conditions for independent public education.”
• good conditions for artistic creation»Konstnärligt skapande av hög kvalitet ska ha goda villkor.« (party programme ↗)“Artistic creation of high quality shall have good conditions.”

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 highlights folk high schools as a distinct and highly valuable educational tradition that must be given freedom and opportunities to develop, and establishes that no one should have to forgo education for economic reasons. Allowing extra loans for instrument purchase to also apply to art and media courses at folk high school removes such an economic barrier to a path into artistic education. The plan's valuation of artistic creation points in the same direction.

• folk high school's own termsdecisive»Folkhögskolorna och studieförbunden representerar en egen och mycket värdefull utbildningstradition som måste ges frihet och möjligheter att utvecklas på egna villkor.« (party programme ↗)“Folk high schools and study associations represent a distinct and highly valuable educational tradition that must be given freedom and opportunities to develop on their own terms.”
• no economic barriers to study»Ingen ska behöva avstå från högre studier av ekonomiska skäl.« (party programme ↗)“No one should have to forgo higher education for economic reasons.”
• the value of artistic creation»Utan kulturellt skapande av exempelvis musiker, författare, konstnärer och skådespelare skulle världen vara mycket fattig.« (party programme ↗)“Without cultural creation by, for example, musicians, authors, artists and actors, the world would be very poor.”
• the mission of popular education»Folkbildningens unika och viktiga uppdrag bidrar till människors möjligheter till utveckling och ny kunskap hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“Popular education's unique and important mission contributes to people's opportunities for development and new knowledge 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 plan does not address the loan terms of study grants. Its education policy priorities lie with the knowledge school, vocational training and competence provision, and it requires that new commitments fit within the surplus target and that policy makes choices about what not to do. Extending extra loans for instrument purchases to art and media courses at folk high schools falls outside these priorities, so the closest principle speaks against the requirement.

• prioritise and choosedecisive»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritise and choose not to do things”
• reforms must be financed»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms – such as our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the surplus target.”
• resources after quality and establishment»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 establishment on the labour market are rewarded to a greater extent”

The plan says nothing about extra loans for instrument purchase or about the folk high school's art courses. The nearest principle is that education should be driven by labour market needs and that public expenditure should be reviewed and redirected to welfare and the justice system. An expansion of study support to artistic preparation courses therefore has no support in the plan. The conclusion is uncertain.

• education for labour market needsdecisive»Utbilda efter de behov som finns på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Educate for the needs that exist in the labour market”
• labour market-adapted higher education»Den högre utbildningen ska i högre grad anpassas efter behoven på en framtida arbetsmarknad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Higher education should be adapted to a greater degree to the needs of a future labour market.”
• reprioritize public expenditure»Se över offentliga utgifter och rikta om medel till välfärden och rättsväsendet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Review public expenditure and redirect funds to welfare and the justice system”