The committee's new chairman wants to close Sigtunaskolan

The Education Committee has received a set of new members following the election.

On Tuesday, they were visited by the School Inspectorate.

- It was a very good fit after what is happening and has happened at Sigtunaskolan, says Hawar Asaiesh (V), who is the new chairman of the education committee.

- WE asked questions about it.

On Tuesday, the School Inspectorate also decided that they will carry out a new inspection at Sigtunaskolan and its boarding school.

As recently as July, the authority completed an inspection of the school and did not see any shortcomings in the security work.

But two weeks ago, the police raided the school. Five students are now suspected of serious crimes against several schoolmates, including sexual harassment, assault and illegal coercion.

It's about a type of abuse and penalism that doesn't appear in the School Inspectorate's inspections, says Hawar Asaiesh.

This means that the Left Party wants to tighten the legislation so that the School Inspectorate could have already closed the Sigtuna School based on what has emerged so far, according to Hawar Asaiesh.

- We would have liked to see that powerful measures could already be taken now. Based on the testimonies that come out from both staff, guardians and students who go there now, but also who have gone there before, we do not believe that this type of school should be able to continue and have its business going.

It is not enough to just supervise the school itself, says Hawar Asaiesh.

- If there are boarding schools connected to the school, they must also be reviewed. We see that violations also take place outside the school there. We see that a parallel society is being created that is not compatible with how a school should function.

DN is looking for Sigtunaskolan.