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Swedish school reported over 'holy' yoga lessons

Education: 25 May 12
The "om" chant featured in yoga lessons at a Stockholm school has prompted a complaint calling for them to be banned because of the term's ties to the Hindu religion. READ »

Elite Swedish school rocked by hazing scandal

Education: 24 Apr 12
Five students from the same prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf have been arrested on suspicions of violently beating a fellow student in a long-running hazing campaign. READ »

School rapped over bullying victim's suicide

Education: 6 Feb 12
A 15-year-old girl from southern Sweden took her own life after several years of bullying during which her school's idea of combatting the problem had been to make her go tell the other students that their taunts upset her. READ »

Principal stopped kids from getting marks that were 'too low'

Education: 27 Jan 12
The principal of a school in western Sweden is under investigation for unilaterally scrapping the marks given to a class of eighth graders because they were too low in comparison to other schools in the area. READ »

Quality of Swedish unis 'too low': minister

Education: 17 Jan 12
Sweden’s education minister Jan Björklund has slammed the quality of the country's higher education system as he unveiled plans to revamp the way university quality is monitored. READ »

Online sale of free school permit sparks outrage

Education: 16 Jan 12
A permit to run a publicly-funded, privately-managed free school is being sold on a popular Swedish buy-sell site, exploiting a legal loophole and angering politicians. READ »

Agency slams immigrant language class failings

Education: 29 Dec 11
Many of Sweden's municipalities fail to place newly arrived immigrants in Swedish language classes within the time frames stipulated by law, a new investigation has found. READ »

Schools agency: kids taught 'to take a beating'

Education: 29 Nov 11
After reviewing the prestigious boarding school Lundsberg, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate has given the foundation until the end of February to prove that they can rid the school of bullying. READ »

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. READ »

Police probe boarding school 'nipple burning'

Education: 24 Nov 11
Prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Prince Carl Philip and many other high society members, has been reported to the police after a bullying scandal which involved the burning of a pupil's nipples. READ »

School head on rape claim: 'boys will be boys'

Education: 14 Nov 11
A high school in Täby in northern Stockholm has been reported to the Equality Ombudsman over allegations that the principal played down rape allegations as "stuff that boys do". READ »

Student's nipples burned with electric fly swatter

National: 10 Nov 11
A bullying scandal has rocked prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and many others among the upper echelons of Swedish society. READ »

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. READ »

Parents force school to ditch 'costly' fruit break

Education: 11 Oct 11
Disgruntled parents have prompted a school in eastern Sweden to abandon in-class fruit breaks after complaining about the legality of requiring families to buy fruit for kids to bring to school. READ »

Outrage over 'World of Warcraft' high school

Education: 3 Sep 11
A Stockholm-area high school has come in for stinging criticism after a spot inspection revealed students playing World of Warcraft for hours uninterrupted and using an X-Box gaming console as a substitute for gym class. READ »

Rise in truancy often parents’ fault: report

Education: 25 Jun 11
Thousands of schoolchildren across the country are regularly skipping classes as the problem of truancy grows, according to a new report. READ »

Swedish teen denied spot in school due to piercing

Education: 22 Jun 11
A 13-year-old girl with a pierced nose has been told she's not welcome at a Swedish school, prompting her mother to file a complaint with the country's education authorities. READ »

Swedish free school head convicted for tax fraud

Education: 17 Jun 11
The principal of a Stockholm-area free school who "used the school as her personal bank account" has been convicted for falsifying invoices to avoid paying taxes. READ »

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. READ »

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. READ »

Swedish schools urged to utilise student English skills

Education: 24 May 11
Swedish schools fail to properly utilise students' English language skills, acquired through the consumption of film and music, according to a report by the Schools Inspectorate. READ »

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. READ »

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. READ »

Swedish school slammed after 'homo sin' claim

Education: 4 May 11
A independently-run Christian school in Stockholm has been criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate after being reported for presenting homosexuality as a sin in its teaching. READ »

Many bullied students go without compensation

Education: 22 Apr 11
Five years after the law against abuse and discrimination in schools came into force, only 66 Swedish students received compensation. READ »

Malmö schools slammed by inspectorate

Education: 8 Mar 11
Schools in Rosengård in Malmö in southern Sweden have come in for stinging criticism from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate, with more staff training and contact with home required. READ »

Swedish boy, 6, stabbed for 'wearing pink'

Society: 11 Feb 11
A 6-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck at a preschool in Jönköping in central Sweden after being targeted by class bullies for his liking of pink clothes and nail polish. READ »

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. READ »

Swedish schools run by convicted paedophile

Education: 1 Feb 11
A Swedish paedophile received permission to open three schools despite a previous conviction of having sex with a seven-year-old girl, according to a television news report on Monday. READ »

Immigrant kids prone to 'special needs' label

Education: 1 Feb 11
Several government agencies have directed criticism at 30 Swedish municipalities for placing children at special schools based on erroneous grounds, with children of immigrants particularly vulnerable. READ »

Teaching boost urged for multicultural kids

Education: 30 Nov 10
Multilingual students at Sweden's preschools and schools are falling behind due to an inability of teachers to address their needs, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate reported on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish school criticised for prayer service

Education: 25 Nov 10
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate has criticised Borås municipality in western Sweden for breaching regulations banning religious services at end of term celebrations. READ »

Agency slams Swedish maths teaching

Education: 19 Oct 10
The teaching of mathematics in Swedish high schools has been broadly criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate in a new report published on Tuesday. READ »

Liberals: Link free school funding to quality

Education: 19 Aug 10
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund announced on Swedish public radio's P1 channel on Thursday morning that the dividends to the owners of privately run free schools should be stopped if the schools experience a drop in quality. READ »

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. READ »

Surge in applications to start free schools

Education: 6 May 10
The Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen) has received 36 percent more applications to start or expand independent 'free' schools for the autumn term of 2011. READ »

Dyslexic Irishman denied SFI assistance

Education: 21 Apr 10
When Irishman Alan Newsome moved to Stockholm five years ago he signed up for a Swedish for Immigrants language course, only to find that as a dyslexic he was denied support and was forced to quit. READ »

Girl raped and rejected by Swedish community

National: 26 Mar 10
A storm of outrage has met revelations that a 14-year-old girl from a small Swedish community was raped at her school only to be rejected by her friends and adult society when she reported the attack. READ »

Union anger at Dutch inspection of Swedish schools

Society: 8 Nov 09
Dutch school inspectors have been hired to review English language teaching in 30 Swedish schools. The decision has been met with irritation by teacher unions. READ »

Student skips school for a whole year

Education: 3 Sep 09
A seventh grade high school student was absent from school for a whole year, but neither the school nor the county council raised the alarm. READ »

Healthy pupil forced to endure special school

Education: 12 Aug 09
A pupil in Hässleholm in southern Sweden spent seven years in a special school despite not having an intellectual disability. The pupil's parents tried to get their son moved to a regular school but were refused. READ »

Councils rapped over Swedish credits for Chinese students

Education: 29 Jul 09
Swedish education officials have criticized two municipalities for awarding Swedish high school equivalency credits to Chinese students that have neither lived nor studied in Sweden. READ »

Abusive dad 'beat us for 20 years': mother

National: 14 Jul 09
Charges against a father of four from Uppsala in eastern Sweden suspected of abusing his family and holding his children captive for years won’t likely be filed until next week, prosecutors said on Tuesday. READ »


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