A high school in Sollentuna, Sweden, used several convicted criminals to teach students entrepreneurship. Svea Gymnasium, an entrepreneur-focused school with around 220 students, brought in mentors and coaches from the welfare conglomerate Svea Partners. Among them was a substitute teacher who previously owned a strip club and was awaiting a prison sentence for serious economic crimes, teaching subjects like law, math, and entrepreneurship.
The school's principal, Anna-Karin Sundmark, stated that background checks did not reveal these convictions or the strip club ownership. Another mentor had been sentenced to three years in prison in 2006 after police found 34 kilograms of cannabis at his home. Sundmark said the school did not see this in background checks either and would handle the matter internally.
background checks did not reveal these convictions or the strip club ownership
A student expressed dismay, feeling the situation was like a social experiment or prank.
the school did not see this in background checks either and would handle the matter internally
feeling the situation was like a social experiment or prank