Student Support for Persons with Limited Education

The plan demands that it become easier to pursue education after primary school regardless of who you are or how thick your wallet is, and that study support be increased so more can pursue further education. An investigated study support aimed at the less educated addresses that, as does the plan's demand for massive investments in transition support and skills development. The plan also gives the state a key role in enabling study under economically secure conditions.

• 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 become easier to educate yourself after primary school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live.”
• raised 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 raise study support so more can choose to pursue further education.”
• secure study economy»nyckelroll i att se till att det går att både bo och studera med ekonomiskt trygga villkor.« (party programme ↗)“key role in ensuring that it is possible to both live and study with economically secure conditions.”
• investments in transition support»Deras yrkeskompetens behövs också i den gröna omställningen, men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Their professional skills are also needed in the green transition, but in order to handle the green transition's new jobs, massive investments in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable social development means are needed.”

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's bearing commitment is an active labour market policy and better opportunities for foreign-born and poorly educated people to achieve self-support, with good opportunities for conversion through life. A study support designed for people with short education is a direct tool for that goal, especially since the election manifesto emphasizes further action for foreign-born women to come into work. The plan therefore supports that such support is investigated.

• self-support for foreign-borndecisive»Bättre möjligheter för utlandsfödda att lära sig svenska och nå självförsörjning.« (party programme ↗)“Better opportunities for foreign-born to learn Swedish and achieve self-support.”
• active labour market policy»Aktiv arbetsmarknadspolitik med arbetsförmedling i statlig regi.« (party programme ↗)“Active labour market policy with employment exchange in state governance.”
• conversion through life»Goda möjligheter till kompetensutveckling och omställning genom hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“Good opportunities for skills development and conversion through life.”
• foreign-born women at work»Fler insatser krävs för att utlandsfödda kvinnor ska komma i arbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More action is needed for foreign-born women to come into work”

The plan sees education as the key for those outside the job market and wants to invest in education and retraining so that more people can take the jobs that are emerging. Study support tailored for those with limited education is precisely such a tool, and the plan particularly wants to strengthen the establishment of foreign-born women. Stopping wasted talent speaks in favor of investigating targeted support instead of settling for existing allowances.

• education and retrainingdecisive»Vi vill investera i utbildning och omskolning som gör det möjligt för fler att ta de jobb« (party programme ↗)“We want to invest in education and retraining that makes it possible for more to take the jobs”
• break social skewing of recruitment»Vi ska sluta slösa talanger – den sociala snedrekryteringen måste brytas.« (party programme ↗)“We must stop wasting talent – social skewing of recruitment must be broken.”
• establishment for foreign-born women»stärk utrikesfödda kvinnors etablering genom SFI kombinerad med praktik och yrkesutbildning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen the establishment of foreign-born women through Swedish for Immigrants combined with practice and vocational training”
• increased study support»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“increase study support and improve students' unemployment benefits and health 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 election manifesto establishes that support for transition and further education must be better and that everyone who wants to shall be able to educate themselves throughout life. Study support adapted for those with short education is precisely such support, and the plan also specifically highlights foreign-born women who must get a chance to enter the labour market. The counter-proposal's investigation is thus within the plan's commitments.

• better transition supportdecisive»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet. Stödet vid omställning och vidareutbildning måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security. Support for transition and further education must be better.”
• foreign-born women in employment»Fler utrikes födda kvinnor måste få en chans att jobba, lära sig svenska och till fullo komma in i det svenska samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More foreign-born women must get a chance to work, learn Swedish and fully enter Swedish society.”
• lifelong learning for all»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.”
• education system for retraining»För den som förlorat arbetet, eller vill byta inriktning senare i livet, måste studiesystemet erbjuda möjligheter« (party programme ↗)“For those who have lost work, or wish to change direction later in life, the education system must offer opportunities”

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 anyone lacking complete primary or secondary education shall have the right to complement their knowledge at any time and that it is especially important that the unemployed can improve their skills. To investigate study support tailored for people with short education is a means for precisely this, and the plan wants to greatly improve the opportunity to learn a new field in the middle of life. Measures for more foreign-born women to come into work point in the same direction.

• adult education for those with short educationdecisive»Den som saknar fullständig grundskole- eller gymnasieutbildning ska ha rätt att när som helst komplettera sina kunskaper genom vuxenutbildning. Särskilt viktigt är det att arbetslösa ges goda förutsättningar att höja sin kompetens.« (party programme ↗)“Anyone lacking complete primary or secondary education shall have the right to complement their knowledge at any time through adult education. It is especially important that the unemployed are given good conditions to improve their skills.”
• lifelong learning»Möjligheten att vidareutbilda sig eller lära sig ett helt nytt yrke mitt i livet måste förbättras kraftigt.« (party programme ↗)“The opportunity to further educate oneself or learn a completely new profession in the middle of life must be greatly improved.”
• foreign-born women into work»Fler utrikes födda kvinnor ska komma i arbete genom reformer av föräldraförsäkringen och flerbarnstillägget och ett mer individualiserat försörjningsstöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More foreign-born women shall come into work through reforms of parental insurance and child allowance and more individualized maintenance support.”
• incentives for competence development»Det ska finnas incitament för den enskilde att själv satsa på kompetensutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“There shall be incentives for the individual to invest in competence development themselves.”

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 makes skills development throughout working life a crucial question for employment, demands a well-developed adult education system and that long-term unemployment be combated vigorously. Study support designed for people with limited education targets precisely those who otherwise get stuck in exclusion and responds to the principle that no one shall need to forgo studies for economic reasons. Investigating such support is therefore supported.

• skills development throughout working lifedecisive»Ett väl fungerande utbildningssystem som skapar goda förutsättningar för kompetensutveckling under hela yrkeslivet är av allra största vikt för att värna sysselsättningen på lång sikt.« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning education system that creates good conditions for skills development throughout working life is of utmost importance for protecting employment in the long term.”
• combat long-term unemployment»Långtidsarbetslöshet ska bekämpas kraftfullt.« (party programme ↗)“Long-term unemployment shall be combated vigorously.”
• well-developed adult education»Det innebär att vuxenutbildningen ska vara väl utbyggd.« (party programme ↗)“This means that adult education shall be well-developed.”
• no economic barriers to study»Ingen ska behöva avstå från högre studier av ekonomiska skäl.« (party programme ↗)“No one shall need to forgo higher studies for economic reasons.”

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's path to the job market for those far from it goes via significantly reduced employment costs, more internship positions and requirements for activity, not via new targeted compensation. It also establishes that total benefits should never become so high that it does not pay to work, which speaks against building up new study support for the short-term educated. The plan does not, however, mention this particular form of support.

• benefits must not compete with wagesdecisive»De samlade bidragen ska aldrig bli så höga att det inte lönar sig att jobba.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total benefits shall never become so high that it does not pay to work.”
• reduced employment costs»Kraftigt sänka kostnaden för att anställa långtidsarbetslösa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly reduce the cost of employing the long-term unemployed”
• internships before new benefits»Bygga ut antalet praktikplatser med 30 000« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the number of internship positions by 30,000”
• major benefit reform»Genomföra en stor bidragsreform för att bryta utanförskapet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Carry out a major benefit reform to break exclusion”

The plan wants to expand educational efforts at all levels and give everyone the foundation for a profession in demand on the job market, with education driven by labour market needs. An investigation into study support tailored for those with limited education who are far from the job market aligns with this. However, the plan simultaneously requires that ineffective labour market and integration programmes be abolished, making the support conditional and the conclusion uncertain.

• expanded educational effortsdecisive»Utbildningsinsatser ska utökas på alla nivåer och genom att införa lärlingsanställningar där deltagarna kombinerar praktik, arbete och studier.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Educational efforts shall be expanded at all levels and through introducing apprenticeships where participants combine practical work and studies.”
• professional foundation for all»Ge alla grunden till ett yrke som efterfrågas på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give everyone the foundation for a profession in demand on the job market”
• education according to labour market needs»Utbilda efter de behov som finns på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Provide education according to labour market needs”
• no ineffective programmes»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish ineffective labour market and integration programmes created to hide unemployment”

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.