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Other government funded adult education in Sweden includes särvux (adult education for persons with special needs), KY (qualified vocational education), and SFI (Swedish for immigrants); in smaller municipalities these forms of adult education are often coordinated by the same education centre.
The training is paid for by the municipality (local authority) in which the immigrant lives, and applications to take the course are made to the municipality's adult education department (kommunens vuxenutbildning). Statistics Sweden: SFI Total Female Male Students Enrolled 2003 2013, ISSN 1654-4447 p 229
The Rossander Course was popular and mentioned as a valuable opportunity for adult women to complete their education, particularly female teachers. Many students were to become well known figures in Swedish society, such as the feminist Ellen Key, the educators Eugenie Steinmetz, Hilda Myrberg and Hildur Djurberg, and the suffragist Anna Whitlock.
Pages in category "Women's education in Sweden" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H.
The Swedish Women's Educational Association, referred to as SWEA but officially designated SWEA International, Inc., is a global non-profit organization and a network for Swedish and Swedish-speaking women who reside or have resided outside of Sweden. [1]
Christian folk high school in Jämsä, Finland. Folk high schools (also adult education center, Danish: folkehøjskole; Dutch: volkshogeschool; Finnish: kansanopisto and työväenopisto or kansalaisopisto; German: Volkshochschule and (a few) Heimvolkshochschule; Bokmål: folkehøgskole, Nynorsk: folkehøgskule; Spanish: Universidad popular; Swedish: folkhögskola; Polish: Uniwersytet ludowy ...
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is responsible for welfare. This is defined as social security in the case of illness, old age and for the family; social services; health care; promotion of health and children's rights; individual help for persons with disabilities and coordination of the national disability policies.
Education in Sweden is mandatory for children between ages 5/6 and 15/16 depending on when in the year they were born. The school year in Sweden runs from mid–late August to early/mid–June. The Christmas holiday from mid–December to early January divides the Swedish school year into two terms .