Education

Adapted schools struggle with unqualified teachers and poor instruction

October 27, 2025 Maria Karlsson

The number of students in Sweden's adapted school forms is rising rapidly, but only 15 percent of teachers are qualified. Special educators, researchers, and advocacy groups are raising alarms about serious deficiencies in instruction. For 11-year-old Sarah with an intellectual disability, school feels more like storage than education.

School employee sentenced for assaults on 16 girls in Uppsala

October 28, 2025 Maria Karlsson

A 58-year-old former school employee in Uppsala has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for gross sexual crimes against 16 primary school-age girls. The offenses occurred at the school from 2023 to spring 2025. The prosecutor is satisfied with the verdict.

Court upholds Stockholm's block on new preschool

October 28, 2025 Maria Karlsson

Stockholm's administrative court has ruled in favor of the city in a unique case blocking Norlandia from opening a new preschool in Hägersten. The decision was based on the risk of over-establishment due to insufficient children. The ruling is seen as historic and potentially guiding.

Violence at INBA leads to 15 detentions and three formalizations

October 29, 2025 Ana Torres

A group of about 30 students at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana (INBA) caused disorder on Tuesday in Santiago, throwing Molotov cocktails at Carabineros and leading to the detention of 15 pupils. Three of them were formalized on Wednesday for manufacturing and hurling the incendiary devices. The incident adds to similar disturbances at the Instituto Nacional on the same day.

Disordered public spending delays textbooks in Brazil

The disordered expansion of spending under the Lula government has affected essential policies, such as access to textbooks in public schools. The Ministry of Education seeks an additional R$ 1.4 billion to order exemplars for high school in 2026, but delays continue. This jeopardizes timely delivery for the school year.

Readers respond to Niyi Osundare's critique of Nigerian universities

A recent column in The Guardian Nigeria features diverse reader reactions to poet Niyi Osundare's ongoing discourse on the state of Nigerian universities. Contributors praise Osundare's insights while debating internal and external challenges facing higher education. They call for better funding, fair pay for lecturers, and systemic reforms to restore integrity.