“We need to raise the status of subject teacher education, and we need to raise the status of the teaching profession. But I’m not sure this is the right way to do it. I don’t see that students with lower Swedish grades perform worse in the programme – especially those training to become mathematics teachers,” says Sinikka Neuhaus, Director of the Subject Teacher Programme at Lund University.

The report comes from Ekot, Swedish Radio’s news service.
Listen to the full segment (in Swedish): Höjda antagningskrav för lärarstudenter ifrågasätts.