Background & Purpose
Teachers and preschool teachers have long struggled with a heavy workload that takes time away from their main job: teaching. The government wants to clarify their responsibilities to ensure they have more time for students.
The Decision
The Swedish parliament decided to pass the government's proposal, which clarifies that planning and follow-up are part of the teaching role and reduces the frequency of mandatory development talks.
Does this affect you?
- Teachers and preschool teachers: They get a clearer definition of their work tasks, which is intended to reduce stress and allow more focus on actual teaching.
- Parents and guardians: They will have fewer mandatory development talks per year, as the frequency is reduced from once per term to once per year.
- Students: They benefit from a safer school environment due to the strengthened requirements for staff to prevent harassment and bullying.
In Practice
- Teachers will have a clearer mandate to focus on planning and evaluating their lessons.
- Development talks between school staff and guardians will now take place once a year instead of once per term.
- All school staff are now explicitly required to actively prevent and address bullying and harassment.
- The government gains the authority to issue specific regulations regarding how much time should be spent on different parts of the teaching job.