In Sweden, FHS have a long history of assisting many underprivileged groups with their needs. The educational environment at school helps students integrate into society and creates long-lasting networks of links with the neighbourhood or potential jobs. The term "Folk High School Track" refers to a nationwide endeavour to incorporate unaccompanied migrant youth in folk high schools.
Since 2012, the programme has also provided unaccompanied immigrant youth ages 18 to 21 with the option to reside and attend Folk High Schools (FHS) all around Sweden. The "Folk High School Track" has been created and implemented in five Swedish regions for unaccompanied youth: Skåne, Västra Götaland, Stockholm, Gävleborg, and Västerbotten County.
General, specialised, and vocational courses are all offered by FHS. Students might become eligible for higher education by taking general courses. The following courses are offered to students, among others: Math, social studies, Swedish, and English. Specialised programmes let students focus on their chosen field of study, such as music, media, arts and crafts, drama, languages, etc. Finally, vocational courses are designed to foster the development of practical abilities in a certain field.
The "Folk High School Track" project's overarching goals are to - support the work of FHS in other Swedish counties; - actively coordinate, support, and strengthen regional conferences and working groups; - inform ministries, central authorities, and organisations to further facilitate the placement of unaccompanied children in FHS; - work to remove barriers in laws and regulations; - continue advocating for targeted state funding for unaccompanied young people attending FHS; - improve the exchange of experience and knowledge sharing between different FHS about teaching, support, and integration of unaccompanied young people; - work with FHS so that they take on the responsibility to inform unaccompanied children about the possibility to live and study at FHS; - develop internships and connections with the labour market in a number of the FHS.