Tidö Agreement main subject school
School and education
Point six of the agreement concerns the Swedish school and education. Swedish schools must undergo a substantial knowledge lift. Steps are being taken to introduce a nationally binding school fee standard with the aim of increasing equality in Swedish schools throughout the country through state control of funding. Teaching time must be increased and the school's governing documents (curricula, syllabus and subject plans) reformed and given increased focus on learning, skills and factual and subject knowledge. A knowledge-focused system of grading in education is introduced to stop problems with grade inflation and a new independent school law is to be introduced. Profit distribution must not occur in the first years after a school is started or bought by a new owner. The purpose is to guarantee long-term ownership and that whoever starts or acquires a charter school must have financial strength. Investments in more special teachers, smaller teaching groups and clearer rules to establish order in the classrooms.