Over 200 pupils to stay at home in Kiruna today due to teacher shortage
- 220 pupils aged between 10-12 at the Nya Raketskolan school in Kiruna in the north of Sweden will stay at home from today Friday, due to a staff shortage.
- The teachers’ union says that the well-being of the teachers is at risk and therefore have demanded that they stop working.
- Viktoria Björklund, schools’ head in Kiruna municipality says that recruiting staff for schools in Kiruna is tough.
Radio Sweden
For more on the staff shortage in Kiruna’s schools listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: School boards in Canada’s N.W.T. ‘concerned’ by shortage of substitute teachers, CBC News
Norway: Sami education conference looks at how to better serve Indigenous children, Eye on the Arctic
Sweden: Can cross-border cooperation help decolonize Sami-language education, Eye on the Arctic
