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Sweden – a pocket guide
Komvux
Komvux is a Swedish abbreviation for municipal adult
education, kommunal vuxenutbildning, where programmes
provide study opportunities for adults with inadequate
compulsory school or upper-secondary school education
and students can improve their education according to an
individual study plan, studieplan. It is also possible to attend
a complete upper-secondary school programme at Komvux.
Many young people attend Komvux to improve their
upper-secondary school grades and gain the opportunity to
apply for educational programmes they would otherwise be
ineligible for. Komvux issues grades just like compulsory
schools and upper-secondary schools.
Swedish for immigrants
Adults who have recently arrived in Sweden are offered an
opportunity of learning Swedish. The basic Swedish for
immigrants instruction is abbreviated SFI. The municipal
authorities are responsible for providing instruction in
Swedish, which may be organised in a variety of different
ways; sometimes courses are provided by an adult education
association or an education company Once you have
completed your SFI courses and been approved, you may
continue studying Swedish in a municipal adult education
programme, which offers courses in SAS – Swedish as a
Second Language – at both basic adult education and
upper-secondary levels.
GOOD TO KNOW:
• www.skolverket.se
• The grading system is a topic of frequent discussion.
As this book was being written, the government was
considering a new proposal that would stop uppersecondary
schools from giving grades for each
individual course. Instead, students would receive
an overall grade for each subject. By the time you
read this, the system may have been changed.
Your school can tell you what rules currently apply.
Schools