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This usually relates to choices for further has great freedom to design its own
education. For instance, most pupils in information, guidance and counselling
year nine meet a counsellor to talk about services.
their plans and choice of programme in
upper secondary school. The Swedish Schools Inspectorate
conducts regular supervision of all
The Swedish National Agency for municipal and independent schools,
Education is the administrative authority from pre-school to adult education. The
for the Swedish public school system. It provision of guidance in schools is an
is subject to some guidelines issued by area for inspection.
the Ministry of Education and Research, Around 1,900 people are employed as
but it primarily works autonomously. guidance counsellors in the Swedish
However, Sweden’s municipalities have school system, with many of them sharing
the main responsibility for guidance in the their time between several schools.
Swedish school system. The education One study conducted by the Swedish
administration in each municipality National Agency for Education showed

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