The inquiry "A more equal school" presents a number of proposals on how the school of the future will be more fair.
On the one hand, they want to introduce a centralized school choice system managed by the National Agency for Education, which would take over responsibility for several areas from the municipalities.
They also want to give the principals the task of creating a representative mix of students in the schools based on, among other things, gender, socio-economics and social factors.
The authors also propose a reduced tuition fee for the country's independent schools and a change in the independent schools' queuing system, where they want to see a lottery or quota system for whether there are more applicants than places at the school.
This is to create greater diversity.
SD: Is completely against
The proposals are sharply criticized by Patrick Reslow, school policy spokesman for the Sweden Democrats, who does not give much for the inquiry as a whole.
- The school should focus on knowledge and not be a new tool for dealing with a failed migration policy, to mix students with social engineering, he says.
Daniel Riazat, the Left Party's education policy spokesman, is, however, mostly positive about the proposals, but thinks that there is no problematization of the independent schools' profit-taking.
- I think that the investigation points to many good questions and points out system errors in the school, he says, but points out that V is not for a compulsory school choice.
Fredrik Christensen, education policy spokesman for the Center Party, has mixed opinions about the proposals.
- We think it is an important principle that school fees are equal regardless of whether a student goes to a municipal or independent school, he says.
A: To be done on equal terms
Kristina Axén Olin, education policy spokesperson for the Moderates, says that the inquiry's proposals are poorly timed due to the serious situation in the school.
- The investigation involves a gigantic reorganization.
To do such a thing in a situation where we should put all the focus on bringing up the quality of the school, I think would be incredibly unfortunate, she says.
- No proposals in the investigation are really about how to increase the quality of the school.
But according to Gunilla Svantorp (S), chair of the Riksdag's education committee, the inquiry contains good proposals for reducing segregation in schools.
- Today you are divided into schools depending on your background.
It is not good for some students, she says.
She does not agree that there should be a contradiction between a possible reorganization and efforts for improved results.
- I do not understand how it would affect the results that we try to improve the composition of students.