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Local Sweden
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Local Sweden
Sweden moves forward with proposal to add three-year limit for SFI studies
For Members Immigrants studying Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) courses will under a new proposal only have three years to complete their studies before losing the right to take part in classes, Sweden's minister responsible for adult education has said. Advertisement Lotta Edholm, Sweden's Minister for Upper Secondary School, Higher Education and Research, highlighted the fact that many immigrants withdraw from SFI classes early ‒ in 2023, almost half of all SFI students did so. "Many of them have almost certainly had a plan to come back to studies after a while, but that's difficult and the risk is that they lose their Swedish language when they're gone," Edholm told press at a summer fika for journalists. SFI classes have received criticism in recent years for a poor standard of teaching, lack of resources and a failure to fully cater to people with different educational backgrounds. The government, she said, believes that more intensive, more well-coordinated SFI studies are needed for better results. Advertisement She added that it should be possible to extend the three-year limit by another three years if there are special considerations, for example in case of illness. The proposal has been submitted to Sweden's Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) for comment. The council will make sure that the law does not conflict with any existing laws, such as the constitution. Its comments are not legally binding, but are usually followed. Although this specific proposal is the result of a collaboration between the Liberals, Moderates, Christian Democrats and Sweden Democrats, it was originally put forward by the previous centre-left government in 2020. It originally had a proposed implementation date of January 1st, 2025, with an additional three-year transition period for people who are already enrolled on an SFI course. The new proposed implementation date is January 1st, 2026.
Daily Mail
25-04-2025
- Daily Mail
French teen ‘who glorified Hitler' knifed 15-year-old girl ‘who he knew well' more than 40 times as she screamed for help during frenzied school stabbing rampage attack
A French teenager who 'glorified Adolf Hitler' killed a 15-year-old girl by stabbing her at least 40 times before severely wounding another female student and two boys, it emerged today. Horrific details of Justin P.'s attacks at a high school in Nantes were revealed on Friday as his principal victim was partially identified as a fellow student called Lorène. She was singled out by Justin P., 16, at the Notre-Dame de Toutes-Aides college in western France on Thursday. An investigating source said: 'At around midday, the attacker entered a classroom looking for his victim, and then isolated her close to a second floor toilet. 'He stabbed the girl, called Lorène, whom he knew well, at least forty times. She screamed for help, before succumbing to her wounds on the spot.' Justin P. then entered a classroom, where he used two knives, including a hunting one, on three other teenagers, two male and one female. 'The first boy he attacked was stabbed around ten times, while another boy was wounded in the shoulder. The assailant then attacked another girl from behind.' By this time, the school's information technology manager had jumped on Justin P., and was still restraining him when police arrived. Officers heard Justin P. shout 'Shoot me in the head' before they arrested him at gunpoint. He was dressed all in black, while wearing a balaclava and cycling helmet with goggles. Shortly before the attacks, Justine P. had sent an email to all 2000 pupils at the establishment calling for an end to the 'ecological destruction' of earth, and complaining about a range of other grievances, including 'social alienation'. It emerged on Friday that he had also been summonded by senior teachers at the school last week after producing 'Swastika-filled' drawings that 'glorified Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.' At the same time, Justin P. also told fellow pupils: 'I'm fed up, I'm going to take action in a week.' On Friday, Justin P. had been released from police custody, and was in a secure psychiatric unit. A spokesman for Nantes prosecutors said: 'The psychiatrist concluded that his state of health was incompatible with custody.' French prime minister François Bayrou reacted with horror to the attacks, saying: 'This tragedy once again illustrates the endemic violence that exists among a segment of our youth. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, French Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research Elisabeth Borne and Mayor of Nantes Johanna Rolland talk to journalists in front of the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school 'It leads us to ask ourselves fundamental questions in terms of education, the hierarchy of values, and respect for human life.' President Emmanuel Macron reacted on Twitter X, writing: 'A teenage girl lost her life, and three other high school students were injured, after a knife attack at a high school in Nantes. 'I extend my heartfelt thoughts to the families, the high school students, and the entire educational community, whose shock and grief the nation shares. 'Through their intervention, teachers undoubtedly prevented further tragedies. Their courage commands respect.' Other knife attacks in French schools over the past two years have been linked to Islamist terrorism. In October 2023, a teacher was stabbed to death at a school in Arras, northern France. Dominique Bernard, who taught literature, was mortally wounded in the throat and thorax, while trying to protect his students. Three other members of staff were injured in the attack by Mohammed Mogouchkov, a 20-year-old suspected terrorist who is still awaiting trial for murder. And, in October 2020, teacher Samuel Paty was attacked and killed by Abdoullakh Abouyezidovich Anzorov, an 18-year-old Chechen refugee linked to Al-Qaeda. Anzorov beheaded Mr Paty, before the attacker was himself shot and killed by police. Despite this, there was no immediate indication that Justin P.'s behaviour was linked to terrorism, said a spokesman for Nantes prosecutors. Justin P. was not known to police or the intelligent services before today. He was described by a classmate as 'a timid loner' who commuted in to Nantes every day from the nearby town of Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
