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February 14, 2012
Skolverket
The following articles have been tagged with "Skolverket":
Swedish boarding schools put under review
Education: 24 Nov 11
All of Sweden's national boarding schools will be investigated by the Schools Inspectorate after reports of systematic bullying and violence among students.
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Schools' shortcomings not remedied: agency
Education: 6 Nov 11
Despite glaring reports from the National School Board and the Schools Inspectorate over the past several years, many of Sweden’s municipalities have failed to address the complaints.
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6,000 pre-school kids hurt each year: report
National: 2 Nov 11
Over 19,000 children attending pre-schools in Sweden 2008-2010 were injured so badly that they required emergency care, according to figures releases on Tuesday.
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Sweden struggles to come to grips with high school hazing
Education: 19 Sep 11
Reports of young Swedish teens being subjected to humiliating, sometimes sex-themed games, have once again put the subject of high school hazing back into the spotlight in Sweden, The Local's Joel Linde explains.
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Billions to stop Sweden's maths skills slide
Education: 6 Sep 11
After nearly a decade-long slide in Swedish students' maths skills, the government has decided to invest 2.6 billion kronor ($404.9 million) to raise results in Swedish schools.
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Sweden looks to halt maths education slide
Education: 29 Aug 11
Education authorities want the government to spend billions on promoting 'collegial learning' to improve maths education in Sweden so students once again find themselves ranked among the top in Europe.
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'Boost sex ed in Swedish schools': minister
Education: 12 Jul 11
The Swedish government plans to boost sexual education in schools, announcing a 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) investment to expand the subject from biology classes into history, social studies and religion.
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Tightened teaching rules cause trouble for students
Education: 26 Jun 11
All Swedish teachers will soon have a professional certificate. But this new requirement is posing difficulties. Students may have to switch teachers, be taught from a distance, or even see their school shut down.
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Pricey school trips 'break the law': agency
Education: 9 Jun 11
A number of Swedish schools are violating the law by charging students high fees for expensive class trips, according to the Sweden's schools inspectorate.
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Sweden's free school profits debate heats up
Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 11
While applications to start privately-run, publicly-funded free schools are on the rise in Sweden, there is nevertheless gathering unease about the suitability of schools being run by private companies, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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Pressure is on - elite classes for younger students
Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As the idea of elite education takes hold in Sweden, a country known for promoting equality, The Local's Karen Holst looks at the debate surrounding a decision to offer advanced classes to younger students.
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Immigrant children shortchanged by Swedish schools
Education: 24 May 11
Immigrant children who arrive in Sweden during the school year don’t get the education they deserve due to schools' inability to address their individual needs, according to Sweden education watchdog.
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Free school applications hit new highs
Education: 13 May 11
Sweden's independent school sector continues to expand, with applications for new schools increasing 12 percent on a record 2010, according to new figures from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate.
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Sweden's hemspråk: teaching kids their parents' language
Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 11
As Sweden continues to grapple with how best to integrate its ever-growing foreign born population, The Local's Karen Holst looks at one way in which Swedish schools address the needs of children with a mother tongue other than Swedish.
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Sweden to add truancy to school report cards
Education: 11 May 11
Despite criticism from several quarters, truancy will be displayed in the grade reports of all school children in Sweden, minister for education Jan Björklund has decided.
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Swedish teen struck for using mobile in class
Education: 14 Apr 11
A schoolteacher in Arvika in central Sweden has been convicted of assault after striking a student talking on her mobile phone during class.
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Boys discriminated in school grading: report
Education: 10 Feb 11
Boys are given lower marks in school more often than girls compared to the results each group achieves in national tests, a report based on statistics from the National Agency for Education shows.
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New English-language international school opens in Stockholm
Education: 28 Jan 11
A new educational option has emerged for internationally minded families in Stockholm looking for an affordable international education delivered in English.
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Schools board slams anti-bullying plans
Education: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's National Agency for Education has criticized a slew of ready-made programmes used by municipalities to combat bullying, arguing that they may even make the problem worse.
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Swedish pupils slide in new global ranking
Education: 7 Dec 10
The reading comprehension and mathematics skills of 15-year-old Swedish students have deteriorated in the 2000s, a new triennial OECD study released on Tuesday has found.
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Schoolboy compensated for racial bullying
Society: 18 Nov 10
A boy in western Sweden is to be compensated after enduring years of racially-motivated bullying, Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman has ruled.
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Sweden looks at limits for profit-making schools
Politics: 21 Oct 10
The Swedish government plans to look at disciplining profit-making schools that don't make the grade by limiting how much money they can make.
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Sweden unveils new school curriculum
Education: 11 Oct 10
Sweden's education minister Jan Björklund on Monday presented a new school curriculum promising clearer goals for teachers and pupils, with the introduction of grades from year six.
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Christianity prioritised in Swedish schools
Education: 10 Oct 10
Sweden’s schools agency wants all religions to receive equal treatment when taught in Swedish schools, but government maintains that Christianity should continue to have special status.
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Sweden tries to rein in religion at free schools
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Oct 10
While Sweden’s 'free schools' have inspired education authorities in other countries to explore similar approaches, the Swedish model is not without its problems, explains contributor Nils Adler.
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Student wearing niqab begins teacher training
Education: 6 Sep 10
A student wearing the niqab has begun attending a teacher training course in Stockholm, more than one and a half years after another woman reported a school that would not allow her to wear the headscarf in class.
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Let teachers ban face veils - Liberals
Politics: 4 Aug 10
Sweden’s schools and universities should be allowed to ban students and teachers from wearing face veils, education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has said.
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Sharp rise in complaints to schools authority
Education: 8 Jul 10
Complaints to the Office of the Children and School Pupils Ombudsman have increased sharply, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate reported on Thursday.
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Students choosing wrong courses: report
Education: 9 Jun 10
While an increasing number of high schools compete for a declining number of students, many students are choosing the wrong schools and programs in high school, a new report shows.
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Students give Swedish schools high marks
Education: 4 May 10
Eight out of 10 are satisfied with their schoolwork and nine out of 10 like their teachers, the National Agency for Education's (Skolverket) 2009 attitude survey has revealed.
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Record enrollment for Swedish language classes
Education: 2 May 10
A record number of students signed up in the school year 2008/2009 for courses in Swedish for Immigrants, according to new figures from the Swedish National Agency for Education.
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Swedish school scolded for prayer readings
Education: 15 Apr 10
A school in northern Sweden has been criticised by education authorites for holding prayer and psalm readings during classes after children from a conservative Lutheran offshoot joined the school.
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School to start testing students for drugs
National: 26 Jan 10
A high school in south central Sweden plans to go ahead with drug testing on students, despite criticism from the national education agency.
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Moderates add feminist touch to policy platform
Politics: 25 Jan 10
The Moderate Party is making an election year play to increase its appeal to feminist voters, promising to take on gender-based pay disparities and ranking schools according to gender equity, among other proposals.
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Drastic funding cuts for independent schools
National: 2 Jan 10
The Swedish National Agency for Education's new method for calculating funding for independent high schools means that the institutions risk losing millions of kronor every year.
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'Sweden treats foreign researchers unfairly'
Education: 14 Dec 09
Sweden isn’t doing enough to ensure equal working conditions for foreign researchers pursuing doctoral studies at Swedish universities, students and teachers rights groups claim.
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Swedish students falling behind in maths: study
Education: 9 Dec 09
Swedish high school students’ skills in maths and physics have declined considerably in the last decade, according to the results of an international study.
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'Renationalize Sweden's schools': Liberals
Education: 20 Oct 09
The state ought to once again take over primary responsibility for Sweden’s schools, according to a proposal under consideration within the Liberal Party.
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Many Swedish students failing maths: report
Education: 12 Aug 09
More than one in ten Swedish school pupils fall below minimum standards for entering high school, according to new statistics from the Swedish Board of Education.
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Probe into school's alleged Islamic veil discrimination
National: 7 Aug 09
The Swedish Equality Ombudsman has launched a probe into a case of alleged discrimination after two women who wear veils revealing only the eyes claim they were not allowed to attend adult education classes.
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More foreigners earning PhDs in Sweden
Education: 28 May 09
Foreign students make up one third of doctoral candidates studying at Swedish universities and more than half of them stay in Sweden upon completing their studies, new statistics show.
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Daycare centre ordered to repay fees
National: 9 May 09
Complaints by parents about inadequate supervision at a Stockholm child daycare centre have been upheld by the National Board for Consumer Complaints.
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Sweden criticized for lack of effort on minority languages
Society: 7 May 09
Sweden has been taken to task by the Council of Europe for a lack of progress in raising social awareness about and promoting educational programs in the country’s five national minority languages.
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Foreign students help boost numbers at Swedish colleges
Education: 27 Apr 09
The number of students enrolled at Swedish universities climbed in 2008 for the first time since the early 2000s, new statistics show. Foreign students account for a large part of the increase.
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Muslim woman sues college over veil ban
Society: 12 Feb 09
A Stockholm woman has reported an adult education college in Spånga to the Equality Ombudsman (DO) after being told that she could not wear an Islamic headscarf in class.
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Outrage over language ban proposal
Education: 2 Feb 09
Elementary students in Sweden with foreign backgrounds should no longer be allowed to study maths in their native languages, according to a Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) working group.
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Swedish school pupils falling behind
Education: 31 Jan 09
Swedish pupils perform above average in international studies, the National Agency for Education has concluded. But the development is negative, a new survey commissioned by the education minister, Jan Björklund shows.
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New database ranks Sweden's high schools
Education: 23 Jan 09
Swedish students applying for admittance to the country’s high schools now have another tool to help them compare various schools following the launch on Friday of a new database.
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Swedish schools to offer 'elite' courses
Education: 15 Jan 09
Sweden’s National Agency for Education on Thursday named 10 high schools to participate in a new initiative designed to give top performing students a chance to take university-level courses.
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Swedish students worse at maths and science: study
Education: 10 Dec 08
Swedish students are getting worse at maths and natural science, according to the results of an international study.
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Lost girl found unconscious at preschool playground
National: 16 Oct 08
A girl who was left behind at a preschool play ground after her classmates went back inside was found unconscious thirty minutes later suspected of having fallen off of a jungle gym.
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Foreign students' complaints flood Swedish education agency
Education: 24 Sep 08
Complaints from foreign students who’ve been rejected from Swedish universities have left the National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) struggling to keep up.
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Government wants schools to emphasize entrepreneurship
National: 17 Sep 08
The government announced plans on Wednesday to make entrepreneurship a unifying theme in the Swedish education system.
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Moderates challenge councils over independent schools
Education: 8 Aug 08
Moderate party education representatives want to see a centralization and simplification of the independent schooling system. Councils should lose the right to delay the opening of new schools, they argue.
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Socialist school planned for Borås
Education: 15 Jul 08
The Social Democrat youth organization is planning to open a new independent school in Borås in western Sweden.
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High school drop-out rate raises concerns
Society: 17 Jun 08
Although more Swedish students are graduating from high school with their high school diploma, one in ten students drops out during the first two years.
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More international students choose Swedish universities
Education: 26 May 08
The number of international students registered at Swedish institutions of higher education has topped the number of Swedes studying abroad.
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Swedish for Immigrants enrollment hits all time high
Society: 4 May 08
65,222 students attended Swedish for immigrants (SFI) courses in 2007. The highest number since the courses began.
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Schools employing sex offenders
Education: 10 Mar 08
At least 75 convicted sex criminals have worked as substitutes in Swedish schools and daycare centers since 2003.
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More apply to independently manage Swedish schools
Education: 20 Feb 08
Interest in independently administering Swedish schools increased dramatically in 2007.
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Increase in reports of bullying
National: 7 Feb 08
Increasing numbers of alleged bullying cases are being reported.
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Swedish pupils struggle to make grade
Society: 19 Nov 07
Increasing numbers of 16-year-olds are finding it difficult to advance to the top level of the high school system.
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School slammed for gay slur
National: 14 Nov 07
A school in Stockholm with a Christian profile has received a rap on the knuckles from school authorities for teaching children that homosexuality is sinful.
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More pupils fail to make the grade
Society: 14 Aug 07
A record number of teenagers has failed to meet the entry requirements for upper secondary school. Fewer pupils than at any time in the past ten years had good enough grades.
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School's licence removed over single-sex teaching
Society: 19 Jun 07
An independent Jewish school in Gothenburg has had its licence taken away by authorities for teaching boys and girls separately. The decision was down to "leftist political ideals", the school's administrator says.
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'End support for religious schools'
Society: 1 Jul 06
The leader of the Social Democrats' influential women's group has said that the government should stop giving money to religious schools, which she says 'brainwash' children.
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Geography reprieved in school changes
Politics: 2 Feb 06
Geography teachers can breathe a sigh of relief - plans to replace their subject with 'Sustainable Development' have been axed. And moves to encourage more apprentices have been announced.
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Muslim schools seek funding from Saudi "fundamentalists"
Society: 7 Jun 05
Swedish Radio has created a stir by suggesting wealthy Saudi "fundamentalists" are buying influence in Sweden's Muslim schools and community organisations.
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Children in "happy at school" shock
Society: 9 Dec 04
Yes, it's true. The National Agency for Education asked 10-12 year olds if they like school and over 70% said yes - suggesting that radical reforms are required to deal with the problem.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
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