The starting point in the development of general education is to guarantee basic educational security for everyone, irrespective of their place of residence, language and financial status. Two of the foremost re¬forms geared to improve children’s and young people’s well-being have been to institute the right to pre-primary education and morning and a system of afternoon ac¬tivities for schoolchildren.
The objective of general upper secondary education is to provide a good all-round education and to build a foundation for further studies. In the past ten years, the upper secondary school has been developed to¬wards greater flexibility and a larger freedom of choice for students, thereby improving their motivation. The current focus in development is on content renewal.