After the Swedish Schools Inspectorate's visit to Thoren's upper secondary school in Växjö, the authority directed scathing criticism at the fact that students, on all programmes and "most courses", have received too little teaching time.
For those students who started when school was new in 2020, and who will soon graduate, it may be too late to make up for missed teaching.
"There is a risk that they have missed some hours in their total guaranteed teaching time. We've put out extra hours from Easter until summer, so we've done what we could. But there is a long-standing shortage," says Nils Pihlsgård, who has been acting principal at the school since January this year.
Göt grund – during an internship at the social studies programme
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate believes that the school's lack of handling of practice, or workplace-based learning as it is formally called, is one of the reasons why students have missed out on teaching time. At Thoren Business in Växjö, internships are also included in the university preparatory lines. But after interviews with teachers, supervisors and students, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate has concluded that the school has not checked the internships sufficiently.
In the school's own documents, there is an example of a student on the social studies program who in a conversation with the school said that during his internship he "lays the foundation for his aunt's house and fights on".
Hear the principal discuss the criticism in the clip above.