“Forbid adult education that is not operated municipal”
“Debater: Quality must go before the price of adult education”
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“the DEBATE. In a year filled komvux 50 years. The municipal adult education is now one of our largest schools – and more relevant than ever. “
“There are many people today who need a second chance in life. Those who have not managed to get through high school, have chosen the wrong route or just want to retrain, unemployed people who need training and, not least, all the new arrivals to establish themselves in Swedish society. Therefore, adult education also be a priority activity.”
“But too many municipalities had low ambitions with respect to adult education and SFI. In municipal contracts, price is often gone before quality, and the serious quality nonconformities hear, not rarely together with deteriorating working conditions for those who teach in this type of school. “
“it is Therefore not a coincidence that today, there is a severe lack of teachers in adult education. “
“the Teachers’ Association has drawn attention in recent years, worrying trends in the report ”Let the quality go before the price of adult education”. It confirms the picture of the challenges that exist and the measures needed to create an adult education that are of high quality. “
“It turns out that the teacher is largely devoid of opportunities to pursue an education customized for each individual’s circumstances and needs. This at the same time as it put high demands on personalization and flexibility. “
“the Workload has increased in pace with the increased number of students in need of support, with increased requirements on documentation and administration, and that the teachers may teach more courses in a shorter period of time. nnOlika start date for students within the same course, classes with more than 50 participants and the pressure for quick results makes it difficult for the teacher to conduct high-quality teaching, which of course affects student learning. “
“There is a clear tendency for the differences between the teachers working in a school procured on contract and those working in adult education in the municipality’s own management. For example, they are working with other training providers more dissatisfied with their pay and other working conditions than those who were municipal employees.”
“It is now high time that the state and the municipalities to agree on a common focus on adult education and training challenges:”
“► Taught adult education at the entreprenadnI day, more and more municipalities put adult education on a contract basis. Usually, they choose to procure adult education in order to bring down costs or not able to have all the courses in-house. “
“a Lack of skills, ambition and understanding of the complexity of the procurement process, risk many times lead to poor quality when local authorities prioritise price before quality. It leads to inferior working conditions for those working in adult education. “
“It is time that those responsible for adult education, that is to say, the municipal chief of the fathers, are those who fully also shall carry out the training they have responsibility for. “
“► Bet on the teachers and guidance counsellors within adult education”
“at the same time as the amount student adults is increasing greatly, is the lack of competent teachers in the adult education alarming. Less than 80 per cent of teachers in basic and upper secondary education, and 36 percent of the teachers in SFI and Särvux, held teacher certification academic year 2016u002F17. This prevents a high-quality education.”
“the Teachers and the practitioners must have the right and reasonable conditions to do a good job. Swedish must be streamlined and administrative kringsysslor be added on to another staff. It is no good, nor that a teacher must have over 50 students in their teaching group and to receive new students every week.”
“Let us give priority to the place that gives new opportunities in life and open new doors in a way that only knowledge and education can do. Sweden as a knowledge nation need to invest in adult learning!”
“nÅsa Fahlén, president of the Teachers Association”
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