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Policy Document

Law regarding comprehensive schools (2010:800)

Year

2010

Country

Sweden

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Compulsory Schooling

Keywords

Compulsory education Educational policy Educational systems Formal education Schooling

Main implications

This is an updated version of the 1985 comprehensive school code. It involves several changes relating to organisational aspects, especially due to compulsory education becoming a concern of the municipalities rather than the State in 1991, and acknowledging different agents operating 'free' schools. Rules relating to compulsion remain, however, unchanged.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

School-aged children residing in Sweden.

Age range

7 - 16

Duration (numbers of years of compulsory education stipulated by this document)

9

ISCED levels included in compulsory education

1 - 2

Dedication (number of hours per week stipulated by this document)

40 weeks per year

Is educational tracking implemented or modified by this document?

No

Education and training required for a compulsory school teacher stipulated by this document

A teacher needs to have passed exams at seminars or teacher training colleges. If there is a shortage of competent teachers, other persons may be hired.

Is the compulsory education of children of undocumented migrants granted by this document?

No

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

Svensk författningssamling 2010:800. Skollag. Stockholm: Utbildningsdepartementet.

Original full text web source in native language

http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/20100800.htm

Author

Cecilia Larsson & Maria Stanfors
Centre for Economic Demography/Department of Economic History, Lund University

Data collected in the framework of the Population Europe Research Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2014): Policy: "Law regarding comprehensive schools (2010:800)" (Information provided by Cecilia Larsson & Maria Stanfors). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].