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“What is needed are courageous politicians with the ability to think long-term,” writes Åsa Fahlén, president of the National Union of Teachers, in DN Debatt. Stock Photography.
The National Union of Teachers wants to see a new teacher program. It should attract people with relevant education and unqualified people in school to continue their education as teachers, writes union president Åsa Fahlén in DN Debatt.
In 2033, there will be a shortage of approximately 45,000 teachers according to the forecast of the National Agency for Education. Now the National Union of Teachers proposes a new reform to overcome the problem.
According to the union’s calculations, there are 578,000 people in Sweden who belong to the “teacher pool”, that is, they have training that may be relevant to their further training as a teacher. Of these, 9,000 already work at the school as unauthorized.
“If 5 percent of the teacher pool and all the unqualified people within the school continue their education, there will be an addition of 37,000 licensed teachers and preschool teachers,” Fahlen writes in DN Debatt.
In order to train so many teachers in addition to regular teacher training, LR proposes a new complementary teacher program that will replace the various current fast-track alternatives to the teaching profession.
It should attract those who have such experience that they do not have to undergo full regular teacher training. It will also be aimed at licensed teachers who want to be competent in more subjects, as well as teachers with a foreign degree who want to teach in Sweden.
Åsa Fahlén points out, however, that more measures are needed to meet recruitment needs. Among other things, he wants teachers’ salaries to be increased and their workload reduced to make the profession more desirable.
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