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Approved SFI breaks cut the time left to finish

Parental leave or work can take an SFI learner out of class. Returning does not necessarily mean the same amount of study time remains.

Adult SFI learners work at desktop computers during a workshop in Värnamo in October 2013.
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An SFI student can leave class with permission for parental leave or work. On returning, those months may already have counted against a deadline fixed long before the break, reducing the time left to finish Swedish.

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