Sweden's National Agency for Education wants more young people to study vocational programmes, instead of for example arts.Lyssna: Agency proposes cuts to university-preparatory programmes – faces criticismSweden's National Agency for Education (Skolverket) is facing criticism for its proposal to reduce the number of places in several university-preparatory programmes, shifting them instead to certain vocational programmes.The agency's said its aim was to better meet the needs of the labour market.However, Anna Troberg, chair of the union DIK, argues that this represents an overly narrow and short-sighted view of educationRadio Sweden
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