All municipal schools are also to administer subject tests in Swedish, English and mathematics at the end of the fifth and ninth years. Swedish tests are also to be administered at independent schools. All pupils will receive a leaving certificate. Teachers To qualify as a teacher a person must have completed a Swedish teacher training programme or equivalent certification from another Member State of the European Union. Unqualified teachers may be employed for a certain length of time if qualified staff are not available.
Teachers are civil servants.
They normally hold posts with conditional tenure, full time or part time. Teachers in compulsory school are trained at universities and university colleges . A one-year course in the theory and practise of teaching is common to all students. Students can choose between three different variations of the basic curriculum and may also specialise in one of two different subject areas. They could also extend their subject studies to qualify for service in the upper secondary school.