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Teachers In Sweden Will No Longer Have To Speak Swedish… To Make Job Easier For Migrants
A major concern of governments across Europe is how to get their hundreds of thousands of new residents into work, and the Swedish government is to ease newcomers into the teaching profession by dropping the Swedish language requirement.
Sweden is about to undergo a major revolution in teacher training following an announcement by education minister Gustav Fridolin who said yesterday that newly arrived migrants would be put on a “fast track” to get them qualified and in the job in a year.
A number of reforms are to be undertaken to make access to the profession are planned. The first pledge, to have newcomers in the job after a year’s training is striking in contrast to the typical four and a half year training period that native Swedes will undertake if they want to teach.
Source: http://ncrenegade.com/editorial/teachers-in-sweden-will-no-longer-have-to-speak-swedish-to-make-job-easier-for-migrants/
