The proportion of those who attended municipal adult education before higher vocational education is twice as high among foreign born persons compared with persons born in Sweden. Among persons born in Sweden, about 20 percent attended municipal adult education, compared with about 40 percent among foreign born persons. This proportion is even larger among those who have been in Sweden a shorter period of time. Most highly educated people who attended municipal adult education before studying higher vocational education are foreign born.

The proportion of those who had attended municipal adult education earlier was roughly equal to the proportion of those who commenced higher vocational studies in 2019 and those who commenced higher vocational studies in 2020.

Municipal adult education is a way to achieve qualification to higher vocational education

Since its start in 2009, higher vocational education had been increasingly expanded. An important premise for the expansion has been a sufficient number of qualified applicants. People who lack basic or special qualification to higher vocational education can achieve this through municipal adult education.

A new report shows how many people studied in municipal adult education before attending higher vocational education and within which groups this is particularly common. The report also presents the scope and focus of municipal adult education studies and which courses were most popular.

Adult education prior to higher vocational education