Peter Honeth works on behalf of the government to produce data to improve the country’s teacher training.
Today’s teacher training was introduced in 2011, and according to the government, it does not prepare teachers well enough for their work in schools. A trend they want to reverse is the dropout from teacher training. Because there is a greater risk of students with low upper secondary school grades dropping out of teacher training, Peter Honeth has been tasked with reviewing the issue of increased admission requirements.
– A lot of people who enter the education do not come out but drop out. This of course means that in the long run we will have problems getting enough teachers for Swedish schools, says Peter Honeth.
Fewer are expected to enter
Tightened requirements will mean that fewer students will enter the teacher training courses, the investigator says, and there may be teacher training courses that need to be closed. But a future declining number of students means that the timing is right, he believes.
– Even if the consequence is slightly fewer students in teacher training, it is the right time to do it right now.
The investigation into the teacher and preschool teacher training programs must be reported by 29 November 2024 at the latest.