The lion's share of the investment goes to vocational adult education, where the government expects the investment to provide about 7,000 training places. Nearly 1,000 training places will be added to universities of applied sciences.
The hope is that the education initiative will enable more unemployed people to enter the shortage professions, mats Persson points out.
"With an upcoming recession and employers screaming for people, it is important to invest in education so that people can take the available jobs," the education minister said at a press briefing.
Criticism for downsizing
Last autumn, the government was criticized for having cut back on adult education, both from the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and from employer organizations. LO has claimed that it could result in 25,000 fewer places in adult education.
However, the levels are historically high and there was no question of cuts in the autumn budget, says Minister of Education Mats Persson (L).
– We did not reduce education, but there were some temporary investments from the pandemic period that were phased out.