Sommartal av Jan Björklund i Marstrand

Sommartal av Jan Björklund i Marstrand den 2 augusti 2009 - Folkpartiet: "Alla ungdomar vill inte bli akademiker. Alla ungdomar kan inte bli akademiker. Samhället fungerar inte om alla är akademiker. Varför är just de partier, som anser sig historiskt vara arbetarpartier, så negativa till yrkesutbildningar?"

I had heard this before on SVT and it is a good point. However, as I found out a while ago people in the OECD now define themselves as nations having so many people on the College level, i.e., three years of University in Sweden, as a measure of the potency of the society. I also learned that the percentage of people with this level education had increased lately. These people are not academics but still people with a serious education.

What I then do not understand is why the level of drop-outs from the Gymnasium have increased as well. This seems contradictory. Anyone that know how this works?