Independent schools have less success with the vocational education and training

the confederation of Swedish Enterprise switch in the DN Debate, though the obvious truth is that upper-secondary vocational programmes are those programmes, which is the fastest to lead to a job.

and, of Course, we need to do more in order to get more pupils to apply to vocational programmes, where there is a serious shortage of skilled workers. The industries need to take more responsibility over the content and design of education and training. It is only through a close collaboration between the company and the school to which the students can be assured of the right amount of work-based learning are of high quality. A successful arbetsplatsförlaget learning (APL) is one of the very best entry point into the labour market. Unfortunately, our research has shown that there are significant challenges in getting companies to get involved in this at all.

the confederation of Swedish Enterprise is forgetting, unfortunately, to be a matter of distinction, namely that between the local authority and independent secondary schools. This can be done with the help of the latest statistics from the Swedish national agency for Education, which is probably more relevant to the young people to choose a secondary school to this day.

the Electricity - and energy programme, which is presented to the program in which the establishment is the fastest, after the conclusion of the study, is actually the program in which the difference is greatest between the local and independent suppliers. If we look at the avgångsåret 2015-2016 was 52.1 per cent, of the pupils have established themselves after a year if they had gone to a local secondary school compared with sek 39.6 of the individual.

it Might mean that the stand-alone upper secondary schools are not equally successful, with the cooperation of the business community? It is a bad thing.

An example of the construction anläggningsprogrammet, where 69% of the students with the local trustee, was established a year after graduation, compared to 56% of the students in the individual schools. The amazing thing to me is that there is a consistent trend for almost all of the vocational programmes. The same pattern is also available in the college preparatory program at the national level.

on the other hand, we need to think about what this difference is will depend on. It might mean that the stand-alone upper secondary schools are not equally successful, with the cooperation of the business community? It is a bad thing.

the Programs will, of course, be of the same quality regardless of where in the country in which the principal granted. Then it is necessary for the government to take a greater responsibility in terms of planning and funding. In many regions, there is a major shortage of skilled workers at the same time, there is potential to provide all of the high school programs to the students. With state funding, and to aid in the secondary schools may, for example, vocational education programmes are better planned and designed on the basis of the regional needs of the labour market.

the confederation of Swedish Enterprise, should also be involved, for the groups of young people who will never even get a chance to get into the school of the national programme or who drop out of education or training. In addition to the personal tragedy, it also means that the key workers are being lost. To the primary school and the upper secondary school succeed in its mission, is, and will remain, an essential key to the functioning of the labour market.