Public primary schools were introduced in 1842, six years of primary school is seven years in the 1930s and municipalities that are responsible for school education. The decision on the common nine-year elementary school was built in 1962 and has been put on a full academic year. 1972-1973 for children aged seven to 16 years of compulsory education for children in general, although some cases have to start later in the year 1991 may also be some six years starting from 1998, and everyone has a chance. Will start at the school for six years. It is in child care practice called event six years included in the preschool classroom after school, covering about 95 percent of each group at the high school between 1992 and 1995 to study high school. end; Three years "programs" instead of the old system and the scoring system was changed in a manner similar to that used at the university level.
The new program will focus on the theoretical part of science and the social sciences. The aim is that students should be able to combine courses in different training programs. Most primary and secondary schools run by municipalities and free education. Students and their parents are now able to choose the school there.
School activities in recent years have been much more decentralized since 1994, municipalities are fully responsible for the business at the moment. the state accounts for targeting and evaluation. There is also a growing number of private schools, cuts in the school system, which leads to a large, not least in the elementary school, causing widespread criticism of the program from the mid-1990s, the audit found that apathy. many students, especially immigrant children out of school without getting approval in all subjects. At the same time, it is the year 1990, it is increasingly difficult to recruit teachers through training.