Open AccessEducation in Sweden: Some Recent Developments in Comparison with New Zealand Education in 1992
Author(s) -
James Collinge
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
new zealand annual review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-3311
pISSN - 1171-3283
DOI - 10.26686/nzaroe.v0i2.863
Subject(s) - parliament , compulsory education , context (archaeology) , affect (linguistics) , political science , school education , secondary education , economic growth , pedagogy , public administration , sociology , geography , law , economics , politics , archaeology , communication
In December 1990 the Swedish Riksdag (parliament) made a number of extremely significant policy decisions for the reallocation of responsibilities within the school system. These decisions, in the form of amendments to the Education Act, came into force on 1 January, 1991. This paper examines many of these changes as they affect the compulsory education sector, the upper secondary school and municipal adult education, placing them in the context of the aims and characteristics of Swedish education and making some comparisons with the situation in New Zealand.