Preschool class for 6-year-olds in Sweden: A bridge between early childhood and compulsory school

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Since the 1990s, Sweden has been carrying out reforms to develop a truly integrated education system encompassing early childhood, primary and secondary education. Under a 1998 reform, six-year-olds were separated from preschool and placed within the compulsory school system in the form of the preschool class.

To learn about the reasons for the separation, and interview was arranged with Professor Inge Johansson of the Stockholm Institute of Education.