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A day high school is an independent, private institution that offers teaching with an educative or job-promoting aim for adults between 18 and 60. In 2002 Day Folk High Schools altered from having been run by direct governmental funding to being supported by municipal, non-earmarked subsidies.
There are approximately 65 Day Folk High Schools nationwide. In the major municipalities there may be more than one day high school that has entered into an operational agreement with the local authority, while in many smaller and medium-sized municipalities there are at present no day high school courses on offer.
The target group is 'people who are in transitional situations'. 'There is a great preponderance of people with little formal education as well as others who are in a vulnerable situation in today's society.' (Special source: Excellence for Day Folk High Schools, 2003, p.5).
Activities are geared to clearly defined groups, e.g. job-seeking refugees and immigrants, or undecided young people who have quit a particular course of education or training. Teaching costs for the individual participant are covered by the local authority and thereby free of charge for the individual.
Teaching always has the individual participant as its point of departure, with emphasis being placed on supervision and teaching sequences that are flexible and develop the personality. The Day Folk High Schools normally provide teaching in reading, writing and arithmetic, in certain cases in the form of preparatory adult education (FVU). There is a broad range of subjects and the subject profile varies from school to school.
Teaching is non-formally qualifying. Courses normally last from 4 to 26 weeks, with 30 hours' teaching per week.
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