Stricter requirements on municipal adult education for immigrants
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The Riksdag voted in favour of the Government’s proposal to introduce stricter requirements regarding municipal adult education in Swedish for immigrants (SFI).
The proposals primarily mean:
- the right to participate in Swedish for immigrants education will apply for three years from the time an individual is first admitted to the education, with certain possibilities for extension;
- municipalities are to draw up an action plan for measures to reach people in the municipality who are entitled to Swedish for immigrants education;
- individuals who are entitled to Swedish for immigrants education will also be entitled to participate in such education in a municipality other than their municipality of residence if they have special grounds for doing so on account of their personal circumstances;
- when an individual is admitted to Swedish for immigrants education, his or her knowledge will be assessed, unless such an assessment is clearly unnecessary. The results of the assessment will serve as a basis for their individual study plan;
- the individual study plan for Swedish for immigrants education will include information about the date the student was first admitted to the education.
One of the purposes of the Government’s proposals is to make the Swedish for immigrants education more effective and coherent, so that more people gain a sufficient knowledge of Swedish to continue their studies or establish themselves on the labour market.
The amendments will come into force on 1 January 2026.