INCA Education around the world
Sweden : Initial Teacher Training
- 7.1 First phase, pre-compulsory education, age 0-6/7
- 7.2 Second phase, compulsory primary and lower secondary education, ages 6/7 - 16
- 7.3 Second phase, compulsory primary and lower secondary education, ages 6/7 - 16
- 7.4 Third phase, post-compulsory upper secondary education (in schools), ages 16+ - 19+
Please note that the initial teacher training sections of the website were originally funded by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). They have not been updated since March 2009 and the information provided in them by have been superseded.
Since the creation of the first elementary schools in Sweden in the 1840s, the State has been responsible for teacher training. 80
In 1977, all teacher training was integrated into higher education. Prior to this, teacher training academies were often linked to the church and located in cathedral cities. Reforms in the 1990s lead to the decentralisation of universities and university colleges, which meant new responsibilities but greater freedom for individual institutions. 83
