The Inclusive Aspect in the Work of Swedish Folk High Schools for Youth

The article examines the activities of several types of public schools for youth in Sweden: folk high schools for youth, schools for people with disabilities, schools providing additional education for pensioners. The priority objectives of the educational process in this type of school are social adaptation to modern conditions, inclusion, and humanistic ideology. The author concludes that in this way this type of school, firstly, provides the opportunity for anyone to receive education, regardless of age, social and financial status and, secondly, determines the basis of not only the present, but also the future of education in Sweden.