(cont.) Response to interpellation 2023/24:26 on the management of public education
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L argues that there is now a permanent increase of 100 million kronor for the folk high schools 1. L considers this to be an important activity that gives people a second chance and vocational training with good opportunities for future jobs 1. L expresses concern over problems with cheating and inaccuracies within adult education, particularly the incident in ABF Botkyrka 1. L believes that these problems are not being treated with sufficient seriousness in the debate 1. L emphasizes the importance of taxpayers' money being used for education and not for anything else 1.
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Utbildningsministern Mats Persson (L)
Mr. Speaker! I thank you for a very good debate. I want to say two things.
The first thing is: It is 100 million kronor more to the folk high schools now than what was previously announced. It is 100 million kronor in a permanent increase. It is important, because this is an important activity that, not least, gives people a second chance and which in many cases involves vocational training that has good opportunities to lead to future jobs. It is 100 million kronor in a permanent investment. This is very important.
The second thing I want to say, Mr. Speaker, is that I am becoming a little worried when I listen to the Social Democrats. I am thinking about the problems with cheating and inaccuracies within adult education that we have seen in recent years, most clearly exemplified by the appalling incident in ABF Botkyrka, which has had major political consequences. Nine Social Democrats have left the party in the municipal council. This is not being treated in this debate with the seriousness that I believe the issue deserves. We cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that this is an activity that has had problems with cheating and inaccuracies, and we cannot exempt ourselves from the fact that there are still problems with cheating and inaccuracies.
Measures have been taken, but I do not rule out that we will need to take more measures in the future to ensure that taxpayers' money does not end up in the wrong pockets but goes to what it is intended for.
Folkbildningen plays a very important role in Swedish society. Therefore, it is important that the money is used for the right things, and it is important that taxpayers can feel secure that the money goes to education and not to something else.
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