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All schools started by the International English School in the last two years have been criticized by the School Inspectorate for violating the permit that gives them the right to teach in English, reports SVT.
Swedish primary schools can apply for permission to conduct parts of the teaching in English. But all seven of the IES Group’s schools where the School Inspectorate has carried out so-called first-time inspections in the past two years violated the conditions of the permits.
The schools teach too much in English or have foreign teachers teaching languages. Some schools have received criticism for both.
Even after the criticism, foreign teachers have continued to teach English at several schools, SVT’s review shows. IES believes that it is unreasonable to exclude English-speaking teachers from the subject of English, but the School Inspectorate disagrees.
– You may think that it is illogical that an Englishman is not allowed to teach the subject of English, but then you have to remember that language teaching is about understanding how to teach which difficulties there are for Swedish students, says Anna Bergqvist, head of unit at the School Inspectorate.
IES believes that the School Inspectorate has reinterpreted the rules, but says that they are adapting.
SVT’s investigation shows that foreign unlicensed teachers taught languages also at the Nordic International School, which is owned by the Watma group.