this can refer to a situation in which many students have a different mother tongue than swedish and thus requires the teacher to have a certain knowledge in order to incorporate their mother tongues into their learning processes it can also refer to schools with weak skills outcomes in which the students need extra support to be able to complete their studies teachers average wages have risen at a higher rate than in previous years which has led to stable conditions including long term wage progression lofven and knutsson i i statskontoret the swedish agency for public management n i