Talk:Education in Sweden

Considering Special:Contributions/JGal2004, I removed "In 1979, the literacy rate was 99%" since no source was given. Angela. 10:31, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

Grundskola/Primary school

Why is grundskolan (primary school) on this page divided into upper and lower? In sweden ít's actually divided into lower, middle and upper, with three grades in each, from 1-9.

True, generally referred to as "lågstadiet", "mellanstadiet" and "högstadiet", respectively, (lit. "low stage", "middle stage", "high stage")

Anyone good in Wikipedia editing can change it eh?--84.217.8.49 00:52, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nowadays, it is really divided in "lower" ("tidigarestadium") and "upper" ("senarestadiet"), or something like that, so I think the current system should be reflected in the article, not the system you remember from your own school days... For practical reasons, individual schools still have the system with grades 0-5 on one school, and 6-9 on another, or all grades 0-9 (sometimes even including pre-school) on the same premises.--Blondel 17:33, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Really? I had no idea... (note: "tidigarestadium" and "senarestadium" literally means "earlier stage" and "later stage", note: the -um ending is in indefinite form, while the -et ending is in definite form, it's a Latin borrowing, so it's irregular.)

Template:Education infobox

I created a template, Template:Education infobox which can give a quick at a glance demographics table for education articles. See its implementation at Education in the United States and feel free to help improve the template.--naryathegreat | (talk) 01:00, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

Age span for primary and secondary school

I edited the age span for primary and secondary school in the tables today (oct 30 2005). I would like a discussion of which span should be used though. The editing done now was more for coherent use than anything else. It earlier said that lower primary school spanned from age 7-12, upper from 13-16 and secondary school from 16-19. This seems to me to be incoherent.

Either the span should note the beginning in which year the attendant turns the specified age, or what age span the children has when attending the education stage. This would mean that either use 7-12, 13-15 and 16-18; or 7-13, 13-16 and 16-19. I think the latter is prefered, because that kind of span take note of starting age and finishing age of each stage, as well as providing the number of years attending that stage (i.e. 13-7 equals 6 years). The former only take note of starting age for each year in the stage, and you have to think a bit extra to calculate the number of years for each stage (i.e. 12-7 equals 5 years).

The tables

According to the tables, you finish grade 5 in Sweden when you are 13 and begin grade 6 at that age. That's wrong (We don't talk about those who wait one year because they can't sitt still during the lessons or those who begin earlier because people think they are smarter than other children). Let's say the child was born in 1982. In the school year of 1993-1994, the child was in the 5 th grade as an 11-12 year old. In the school year of 1994-1995, that child was in the 5 th grade as a 12-13 year old. (I know that some children are born late in the year, and the Swedish school year starts in August). This means:

Lower Primary School is grade 1-5, and for children between 7-12 years. Upper Primary School is grade 6-9 and for children between 12-16 years.

Some schools have another system, where Lower Primary School is grade 1-6, and for children between 7-13 years. Upper Primary School for them is grade 7-9 and for children between 13-16 years.

7-12, 12-16, 16-19 makes more sense matemathically. I change that. 惑乱 分からん 21:06, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

comparison

“A Swedish Bachelor's degree is seen to hold a slightly higher academic distinction,” Based on what?

University grading

The paragraph seems to be completely original research, and misinformed. I've never heard of a difference between Universities and University Colleges relating to where VG grades are used. And claiming that the 3-4-5 grades are mostly used at Högskolor is also wrong. Afaik, they are mostly used at Tekniska Högskolor, which are in many cases part of Universities.... Don't take my word for it, find a reference! /Kriko 19:31, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Grundskola

It is infact called Low stage, Middle stage, High stage. That hasn't changed for quite many years now.