The Ministry of Education published a report combining PISA and PIAAC data to examine how reading performance at age 15-16 relates to skills, education and labour-market outcomes 14 years later. The report found strong links between weak reading performance in adolescence and lower later educational attainment.
The Ministry of Education published the second drafts of the new folkeskole subject plans and opened a new input round. The new plans are expected to replace Fælles Mål from the 2027/2028 school year.
The government reintroduced a bill intended to prevent admission to higher education from being misused as a route into the Danish labour market. The proposal targets third-country students and foreign self-paying students.
The Ministry of Education announced that its departmental structure would be adjusted from 1 July 2026. The change follows the government work programme and a royal resolution transferring the child area to the Ministry of Children, Elderly and Housing.
Denmark published the regulation and guidance for the first implementation of the new National Skills Tests in the folkeskole. All public schools are to conduct the tests for the first time after the summer holidays.
The Ministry of Education announced that written exams in foreign languages, except English, will become fully or partly analog in more upper secondary subjects. The change is framed as a response to learning needs and the integrity challenges created by artificial intelligence.
The Minister for Research, Education and Digitalisation approved 44 new higher education programmes and programme offerings across Denmark. The approvals include new STEM, IT and flexible master’s routes connected to labour-market demand.
The government and Local Government Denmark agreed on a municipal economy package that would allow minimum staffing ratios to be extended to spring SFO until school start. The agreement also allocated DKK 8 billion to improve physical conditions in schools, daycare, after-school and club settings.
The Ministry of Education reported that 95 percent of applicants to public upper secondary programmes received a place at their first-choice school in 2026. The update covers stx, hf, hhx and htx programmes.
Denmark created the Ministry of Research, Education and Digitalisation by combining the former Ministry of Higher Education and Science with the Ministry of Digitalisation. Christina Egelund was appointed minister for the combined portfolio.