Education systems are looked upon as potent instruments in the change processes in society. During the last decades expectations on them have been very high. Through flexibility they shall meet needs of people with short educational history and compensate them for what they missed during their early years. By cooperation with working life they shall adapt the human capital to close the gap between needs and supply in the labour market. Being a companion throughout life the education systems shall be present during an individual's life cycle giving sources to fast increasing knowledge, furnish her with new tools and explaining the changing conditions in society, giving possibilities to life long learning. Being formed during centuries the education systems are sc lid constructions and the majority of them are organised to meet other demands than the three dimensions mentioned above. Thus we have to build new ones, or reconstruct the old ones. In the Swedish case decisions have been taken since the 70's pointing in one direction. Successively the different institutions of education shall move from being suppliers of education in one format to be suppliers of education in multi-formats. How can that be made possible? What arc the mechanisms promoting changes in that direction and what hhinders it?
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