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The Educational system in Sweden - Upper secondary school

A new curriculum for upper secondary school and for other non-compulsory types of school came into force on 1 July 1994. The Educational Act defines the school's basic role in achieving its overriding objectives. This curriculum presents the basic values of upper secondary schooling, together with basic goals guidelines. Documents which specify tuition requirements are programme objectives, syllabuses and grade criteria. Each municipality has to decide on a school plan.

There are 16 national programmes, all of which are three years in length. They provide a broad-based general education and provide qualifications for further study at university or college.

The national programmes are guaranteed to cover 2,150 hours for the natural and social science programmes and 2,370 hours for the remainder. There is a set value for the number of hours which the programmes provide for the various subjects. Time may be divided between subjects. All national programmes comprise eight core subjects - English, Art, Physical, and Health Education, Mathematics, Natural Science, Civics, Swedish (or Swedish as a Second Language) and Religious Education.

Each programme obtains its emphasis from its specialist subjects. Fourteen of the programmes include vocational subjects and must include at least fifteen weeks at a workplace outside the school. The other two, The Natural Science and Social Science programmes focus more on university entrance, although it is also possible within the programmes to organize parts of the education in the workplace, in addition to the subject-related work experience which may form part of the programmes. The national programmes also include special project work.

Most of the programmes are arranged into various branches during the second and third years. Students have the right to follow a programme of study in a municipality other than that in which they live. In order to satisfy local needs, a municipality may determine local branches.

Subjects in the upper the secondary school are divided into courses. Grades are awarded at the end of each course. The scope of the course is expressed by an number of upper secondary school points.

There is a syllabus for each course which defines the goals which the tuition should fulfil. In addition, each course has criteria for the various grades which define the level of knowledge which students must attain in order to be awarded the grades Pass and Pass with credit. There are national courses with nationality defined syllabuses and local courses for which syllabuses and grade criteria are dermined within the municipality.

At the end of upper secondary schooling students receive a leaving certificate which summarizes the grades they have achieved in all courses studied.

The new curriculum provides students with a significant influence over teaching content and methods and also with influence over the school situation in general.

Those over the age of 20 are entitled to municipal adult education at upper secondary level, an opportunity which is increasingly being taken. With certain exceptions, the same courses are available in adult upper secondary schooling as in the regular school.

Komvux also provides additional courses which provide students with greater knowledge within a certain vocational field.

Those who choose this programme will be studying the above mentioned core subjects and characteristic subjects according to the enclosed list of subjects. Students are free to make their own choice of subjects within certain areas. They can choose additional languages, or practical courses as food chemistry or wine production. Those students who select this programme experience an increasing degree of specialization during their second and third years, leading towards hotel, cooking, waiting or marine purser trainings - cook steward.

Various decisions taken in recent years have resulted in the removal of detailed State regulation. Responsibility for school activities has been transferred to local authorities, schools, teachers and pupils.

Parliament and Government stipulate the goals for education and allocate funds to the municipalities but how the goals are to be achieved is decided by local authorities and schools. Upper secondary education is to be flexible but at the same time equivalent throughout the country.

Attainment of the goals set is to be ascertained by evaluation. Evaluation and follow-up activities in the field of school education are to be conducted both locally and centrally. School plans laid down by local authorities and study plans which individual schools and classes set up are included in this process. Nation-wide evaluation is the responsibility of the National Agency for Education.

This information was kindly provided by :

Mrs Eva HOLM

Göteborg Stad Utbildning

Ester Mosessons Gymnasium

Lärdomsgatan 5

S - 417 56 Göteborg

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Compulsory subjects

Core subjects	Hours	1st year	2nd year	3rd year
Swedish A + B	200	80	60	60
English A	110	50	60
Social studies A	90		45	45
Religion A	30			30
Mathematics	110	50	60
Natural sciences A	30		30
Sport and health studies	80	40	40
Arts and music	30	30
"Research" work	30			30
TOTAL	710	250	295	165

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