Students with different prerequisites

The plan explicitly requires investments in student health, special educators and social support as well as more teachers and earlier interventions for children who are struggling. It is built on the premise that school should be compensatory and provide more support to those who need it most. Smaller classes, more specialist teachers and a review of the rules on special support for students with neuropsychiatric disabilities are precisely this.

• special education and student healthdecisive»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investments are needed not only in teaching but also in student health, special educators, leisure activities and social support.”
• more teachers and early interventions»Vänsterpartiet vill se fler lärare, tidigare insatser för barn som har det kämpigt och förbättrad tillgång till lärande genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see more teachers, earlier interventions for children who are struggling and improved access to learning throughout life.”
• 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 chances is also compensatory, that is to say it is able to provide more support to those who come from weaker prerequisites.”
• support for all children»barn ska växa upp med det stöd som behövs för att klara skolan och« (party programme ↗)“children should grow up with the support needed to manage school and”

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 all children regardless of disability shall be able to reach the goals of their education and that the school has the conditions to fulfill its compensatory function, which supports the counter-proposal's demand for a review of the rules for special support and more specialist teachers and educational psychologists. The plan also promises more resources to the most disadvantaged schools. The demand for stimulation for high-performing students follows from the fact that every child shall be able to succeed based on their conditions.

• support for students with disabilitiesdecisive»Möjlighet för alla barn oavsett funktionsnedsättning att nå målen för sin utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“Opportunity for all children regardless of disability to reach the goals of their education.”
• compensatory function»Goda förutsättningar för skolan att klara sin kompensatoriska uppgift.« (party programme ↗)“Good conditions for the school to fulfill its compensatory function.”
• more resources to school»De mest utsatta skolorna och förskolorna måste få mer resurser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The most disadvantaged schools and preschools must receive more resources.”
• each student's conditions»Skolan ska ge varje barn möjlighet att lyckas utifrån sina förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The school shall give every child the opportunity to succeed based on their conditions.”

The plan explicitly states that students with special gifts or neurodevelopmental disabilities should be challenged and supported based on their prerequisites — which covers both legs of the counter-proposal. It also requires that educational environments have sufficient resources to meet students' diverse needs and wants to strengthen student health with more special education teachers. The election manifesto moreover wants to strengthen the read-write-count guarantee so that interventions are provided in time.

• support and stimulation according to needdecisive»med särbegåvning eller neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar ska utmanas och få« (party programme ↗)“with special gifts or neurodevelopmental disabilities should be challenged and receive”
• resources for diverse needs»och andra utbildningsmiljöer ska ha tillräckliga resurser för att möta elevers olika behov« (party programme ↗)“and other educational environments should have sufficient resources to meet students' diverse needs”
• more special education teachers»förstärka elevhälsan och satsa på fler skolsköterskor, specialpedagoger, psykologer och kuratorer i skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen student health and focus on more school nurses, special education teachers, psychologists and counsellors in schools.”
• early interventions»stärka och utveckla läsa-skriva-räkna-garantin för att fler barn med funktionsnedsättning ska få insatser i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen and develop the read-write-count guarantee so that more children with disabilities receive interventions in time.”

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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 makes better school results a main priority and explicitly requires right support for all students, based on each child's needs and each student's opportunities and challenges. A review of rules for special support, more special education expertise and simultaneous stimulus for those who can progress faster respond to that commitment. The plan does however not mention class sizes.

• right support for all studentsdecisive»Att förbättra skolresultaten måste vara en huvudprioritering. Det vill vi åstadkomma med bättre stöd och fortbildning för lärare och rektorer, och rätt stöd till alla elever.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improving school results must be a main priority. We want to achieve this with better support and training for teachers and headmasters, and right support for all students.”
• see every student's needs»Grundskolan ska ta vara på varje barns kreativitet och energi. Skolan måste se varje elevs möjligheter och utmaningar att nå sina mål.« (party programme ↗)“Primary school must make use of every child's creativity and energy. School must see every student's opportunities and challenges to reach their goals.”
• early intervention based on needs»Det är viktigt att utgå från varje barns behov, inte minst för den tidiga språkinlärningen.« (party programme ↗)“It is important to start from every child's needs, not least for early language learning.”
• equivalent school»Du ska ha tillgång till en likvärdig skola i hela landet, med sikte på en utbildning och kunskapsresultat i världsklass.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You shall have access to an equivalent school throughout the country, with a view to education and knowledge results of world class.”

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 allocates money for at least 1,000 more special education teachers and wants to see more smaller teaching groups so that students with greater support needs get help. It simultaneously establishes that students who wish and can should be able to progress instead of being held back. The counter-proposal's both parts – stronger special support and stimulus for high-performing students – are precisely these commitments.

• more special education teachersdecisive»För att göra det möjligt skjuter vi till pengar för minst 1 000 fler speciallärare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To make it possible, we are allocating money for at least 1,000 more special education teachers.”
• stimulus for high-performing students»Elever som vill och kan ska kunna gå före i stället för att hållas tillbaka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Students who wish and can should be able to progress instead of being held back.”
• smaller teaching groups»Det behövs ökade möjligheter att gå i mindre grupper, så att elever med större behov av stöd« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for increased opportunities to study in smaller groups, so that students with greater support needs”
• support and challenges for all»Alla elever har rätt till stöd och utmaningar oavsett individuella förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“All students have the right to support and challenges regardless of individual circumstances.”

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 states that schools shall be assured resources to meet students with special needs, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand for review of the rules for special support and more resources to lower grades. It also gives schools responsibility that each student receives the support and stimulus corresponding to their needs. That students with special talents should be encouraged and given conditions to develop them bears the demand for stimulus even for high-achieving students.

• resources for schoolsdecisive»Skolorna ska tillförsäkras resurser« (party programme ↗)“Schools shall be assured resources”
• support for students with special needs»för att kunna tillmötesgå elever med särskilda behov.« (party programme ↗)“to meet students with special needs.”
• support according to student need»Skolan har ett ansvar för att eleverna får det stöd och den stimulans som motsvarar deras« (party programme ↗)“The school has a responsibility that students receive the support and stimulus that corresponds to their”
• stimulus for special talents»och egenskaper uppmuntras och ges förutsättningar att utveckla dessa.« (party programme ↗)“and characteristics are encouraged and given conditions to develop them.”

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 is based on the fact that early interventions are crucial and that measures must be taken in time for students who cannot manage school, while pointing out that even high achievers fall behind internationally. The counter-proposal's requirement for better special support and stimulation for high achievers meets both of these commitments. The plan also wants tax money to go to more teachers.

• early interventions crucialdecisive»Forskning pekar på att tidiga insatser är avgörande för att höja kunskapsresultaten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Research points to the fact that early interventions are crucial for raising knowledge results.”
• high achievers shall be challenged»Samtidigt halkar även de barn som det går bäst för efter i internationella kunskapsjämförelser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, even children who are doing best fall behind in international knowledge comparisons.”
• more teachers in school»Där dina skattepengar används till fler lärare och poliser i stället för att hamna i fickorna på kriminella.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where your tax money is used for more teachers and police instead of ending up in the pockets of criminals.”

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 wants to review rules for special support so that students with neuropsychiatric disabilities get the support they are entitled to, while high-achieving students should be able to progress faster. The election manifesto prioritizes a working environment with study peace and individual help for students, and the party programme states that both high- and low-achieving students should be able to get support and stimulation. The demand thus corresponds to the plan's commitments.

• individual help for studentsdecisive»En arbetsmiljö som ger utrymme för studiero, arbetsglädje och individuell hjälp till elever ska prioriteras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A working environment that provides space for study peace, work joy and individual help for students should be prioritized.”
• support for high- and low-achieving»lågpresterande elever skall kunna få stöd och stimulans.« (party programme ↗)“low-achieving students should be able to get support and stimulation.”
• clear structure for struggling students»En pedagogik som präglas av flum, normkritik och elevansvar får svårast följder för de som istället behöver lära sig om normer och tillhandahållas tydlig struktur och kunskap i skolan, som de inte får från annat håll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A pedagogy characterized by fluff, norm criticism and student responsibility has the hardest consequences for those who instead need to learn about norms and be provided with clear structure and knowledge in school, which they do not get from elsewhere.”
• strengthened teacher role»Ge lärare ökade befogenheter och bättre ställning i sin yrkesroll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give teachers increased powers and better position in their professional role”

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.