To get more mixed schools, the government has presented an investigation into abolishing the queuing system.
The proposal currently lacks a majority in the Riksdag, but in Agenda, Annie Lööf (C) says that half of the school's places should be able to be a queue for the schools that choose to do so.
But to abolish the queuing system completely is not relevant.
- I think it is very good that more people see the disadvantages and problems of having queuing time as a selection instrument.
It is unfair and segregating.
But it is a pity that you do not go all the way and say no to queues, says Minister of Education Anna Ekström (S).
Hoping for agreement
She does not want to answer whether the government is prepared to meet halfway when it comes to the queuing system, but says she has good hopes of reaching an agreement on the issue.
- The disadvantage of having half a queue is that it will be very unfair for the children whose parents can not keep track of a drop of queue times.
It will disadvantage children with parents who are bus drivers and benefit children whose parents are consultants, says Anna Ekström.
According to Patrick Reslow (SD), a abolished queuing system would mean a killing blow to parents and students.
- We have extensive problems with order and many who go to ninth grade with incomplete grades.
The only reason the government is proposing this is because they want to use children as an integration tool, says Patrick Reslow.
SD: Should focus on problem schools
Anna Ekström agrees that farmers should be able to have wishes about where their children should go to school.
- But to let queuing time be a selection instrument is to ask for segregation and injustice, says Anna Ekström.
Patrick Reslow believes that there is nothing to indicate that the lottery and quotas will lead to better school results.
- Anna Ekström should focus on solving the problems at the schools that students and parents seek to get away from, says Patrick Reslow.