The compulsory school's syllabus must increase equality and give fairer grades, according to the National Agency for Education in DN Debat when launching new proposals for syllabuses for the compulsory school's various subjects as well as some in the upper secondary school.
According to the proposal, the syllabuses that are now in place, which were established in 2011, will be revised so that they are not as comprehensive and detailed anymore. The reason for the change is that a student's grade should not be able to fall on a single detail written in the syllabus.
They also want to increase the emphasis on the students 'factual knowledge rather than relying too much on the students' "abilities".
The trade union is positiveThe proposal is now for a referral and in the debate article, the National Agency for Education emphasizes that it wants statements from the teachers abroad.
From the Teachers' Union, you are positive about the proposal.
- Teachers have long argued that the knowledge requirement and the content of the syllabuses must be revised. We welcome that the Swedish National Agency for Education has listened to teachers 'views, says Johanna Jaara Åstrand, chair of the Teachers' Union.
She also emphasizes how important it is that the proposal has taken into account the content of the subject in relation to the timetable the teachers have to relate to. It is hoped that subjects such as SO will be more easily manageable for teachers, since that topic previously contained many requirements that are difficult to catch up with.
- At the same time, we have views that the political decision should be made if these syllabuses are within such a short time frame. In our experience, changes to the syllabus take a long time to adjust to, even if there are only minor changes.