The researcher on the ignorance: "To say the least, astonishing"

In SVT News Småland's survey, only two municipalities respond that they have an action plan for students with special talents.

Roland S Persson, professor of educational psychology with a specialization in research, is critical to the fact that so many municipalities lack action plans.

- Of course, action plans and initiatives can look different in different schools, and that right has the school units. But they must comply with the school law. Not having an action plan of any kind is, to say the least, startling.

He believes it is often about ignorance. That the issue is given priority because the school believes that these students are "doing well" and that others need to support better

- They are wrong, and in that case they reason in a way that goes against the school law, he says.

But the great responsibility lies with the politicians of parliament, according to Roland S Persson.

In 2010, the School Act was clarified. The new school law states that students who easily reach the knowledge requirements should be given guidance and incentive to be able to reach further in their knowledge development.

Still, there is still a lack of talented students in teacher education, says Roland S Persson.

- There are exceptions, of course, and there are scattered courses in special education and mathematics didactics that actually focus on very talented students in school. But these courses are aimed at school specialists, other teachers - and they are MANY - do not have a clue about what a particularly gifted child is, how it works and what needs they have in relation to other non-gifted students, he says.