Eurydice

2024

Removing the requirement for digital learning tools in preschool

Increasing the reading ability of children and young people is a priority issue for the Government. Efforts are being made to reduce screen time and increase the number of books in preschools and schools. Now the government is taking a further step and instructing the Swedish National Agency for Education to propose changes to the preschool curriculum, which means that the education should essentially be screen-free for the children.

This chapter provides a thematic and chronological overview of national reforms and policy developments since 2021.

The introduction of the chapter describes the overall education strategy and the key objectives across the whole education system. It also looks at how the education reform process is organised and who are the main actors in the decision-making process.

The section on ongoing reforms and policy developments groups reforms in the following broad thematic areas that largely correspond to education levels:

The Spanish education system comprises:

Higher education is integrated by:

Pupil/Students assessment

The Government, through the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports (MEFD), in consultation with the autonomous communities, is responsible for designing the basic aspects of the curriculum in relation to, among others, the assessment criteria for each stage, in order to ensure a common education throughout the national territory.

Key features of the education system

Governance

The education system of the Republic of Slovenia is organised as a public service rendered by public and private institutions that provide officially recognized or accredited programmes.

By law, public schools are secular and the school space is autonomous.

The state acts as founder of public: