The prospective professional drivers must under 15 percent of their education, be in real workplaces such as bus companies or hauliers,
But there Norrköping has failed according to the National Agency for Education and the municipality can now repay the state grant of SEK 775,000.
- We take a serious look at the fact that students do not receive the workplace-based learning that should be included in their education. It is now important that the municipalities rectify the shortcomings that exist in vocational driver education in adult education, says Andreas Spång, Head of Unit at the National Agency for Education.
In total, the National Agency for Education requires 15 million of the 240 municipalities who neglected the training of professional drivers. The decision is based on checks, which state that students have not received the workplace-based learning that is a condition for receiving the state grant.