Primary and lower secondary school quality programme: supplementary teaching and project assignment abolished
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om folkeskolen, lov om erhvervsuddannelser og forskellige andre love (Folkeskolens kvalitetsprogram m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- When: Section 1, no. 14 and 76 entered into force on 1 July 2025. Section 1, no. 65 entered into force on 1 August 2026. Section 1, no. 8, 9, 12, 13, 19, 21, 34, 41 and 56 will enter into force on 1 August 2027. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 January 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 August 2025. Some parts will enter into force on a date to be set later by the minister.
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The act is based on an agreement on the primary and lower secondary school quality programme from 19 March 2024 between the government and four other parties.
The act abolishes supplementary teaching. The requirement for a compulsory project assignment in 9th grade is removed. A junior apprenticeship scheme is introduced for the oldest pupils in the upper school.
Technology understanding becomes a new elective subject in primary and lower secondary school. Pupils must be sent on a 5-day placement in 7th, 8th or 9th grade. Intelligence tests no longer need to be offered, but they can be offered.
It becomes clear that support can be given both to the individual pupil with needs and through community-based activities in the class.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget implementerer dele af en aftale om folkeskolens kvalitetsprogram mellem regeringen (Socialdemokratiet, Venstre og Moderaterne) og Liberal Alliance, Det Konservative Folkeparti, Radikale Venstre og Dansk Folkeparti. Aftalen fokuserer på tre hovedområder: ”Frisættelse af folkeskolen og mere indflydelse til skolebestyrelsen”, ”Mere praktisk undervisning og valgfrihed til de ældste elever” og ”Ro og rammer – nødvendigt for nogle, godt for alle”. Lovforslaget indebærer fornyelse og slankning af folkeskolens læreplaner og afskaffelse af flere centrale krav, blandt andet krav om understøttende undervisning, krav om fuld kompetencedækning i indskolingen og krav om 9. klassernes obligatoriske projektopgave. Det indfører mere praktisk undervisning og større valgfrihed for ældre elever, herunder juniormesterlære, teknologiforståelse som ny faglighed og erhvervspraktik til alle. Endelig styrkes indsatsen for de mest udfordrede elever i dansk og matematik, reglerne præciseres for at sikre støtte til hele klassen, og krav om intelligenstest afskaffes. Loven træder i kraft den 1. august 2025.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 3 October 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 12 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Date to be set later · 30 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 January 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 July 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 August 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 August 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- The rest enters into force · 1 August 2027In 270 days