Swedish high school (gymnasium) students’ skills in maths and physics have declined considerably in the last decade, according to the results of an international study.
On Sunday night, students from Sätraskolan, a school in southern Stockholm, had the chance to interview Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang, who is on a space mission to the International Space Station (ISS). But NASA thought some of the questions were a bit too risqué.
A Swedish school teacher previously convicted for sexual harassment of two 14-year-old girls has received a new teaching assignment in southern Sweden.
Two Swedish ombudsman offices have added their voices to the chorus of criticism about a school book accused of having racist and sexist contents, but are powerless to do anything about it.
Parents in Karlskoga in central Sweden are up in arms over what they see as racist and sexist passages in a book designed to help first graders learn how to read.
Sweden’s Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen – DI) has demanded that seven schools change their use of surveillance cameras in a decision it hopes will set a precedent for schools across the country.
Chocolate covered torsos and co-ed banana eating are just a couple of things troubling officials about new student initiation rituals at a basketball oriented high school in northern Sweden.
The government has announced plans to devote 1.8 billion kronor ($278 million) over the next three years toward improving vocational training in Sweden.
Every fifth school principal in Sweden has been subjected to threats or violence, and many feel that they can’t do their jobs well due to insufficient resources.
Police are warning Stockholm-area motorists to leave their cars at home on Friday as student celebrations and departing VIPs are expected to clog the city’s streets.
Sweden's student loan authority, CSN (Centrala studiestödsnämnden), should be abolished, according to the Centre Party. Instead, the role financing students through their university years should be handed over to banks.
A man who promised transportation for hundreds of students for high school graduation celebrations has disappeared – so has the 300,000 kronor he collected in advance.
One in three university students in Sweden gets financial help from parents, and half work in part-time jobs to cover living expenses, according to a survey of over 9,000 students.
It's not easy being a student. Well, that's what Göteborgs-Posten warned readers on Tuesday. The basis for their concern was a recent report out by the National Institute for Working Life. Apparently feelings of tiredness, uncertainty and angst have increased sharply in Sweden since the mid 1980s. Among the worst hit are students.
