The case in summary The number of pupils attending the school has increased by ten per cent in ten years. Pupils at Blindheim junior high school describe the development as unexpected. The Ungdata survey shows that more and more junior high school students are truant and more dread going to school. Ten years ago, 20 percent of secondary school pupils answered that they had gone to school in the last year. Now the figure is 30 percent. Well-being at school has decreased by eight percentage points in ten years. Leader of the Student Association, Madelen Kloster, believes it is time for a real effort to strengthen the team around the students, so that the school environment is safe for everyone. The School Heads’ Association is calling for more money for the schools. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – I think it’s stupid, but I also think it’s a bit strange, because I didn’t experience it here at secondary school. It was a bit shocking, actually. That’s what Alva Holen Jansson, who is in the 10th grade at Blindheim junior high school in Ålesund, says about the school report. Classmate Emilie Strand Blindheim says that she thinks the environment at the school is good, and that she doesn’t know of anyone who has missed the school. – At our level, everyone is quite a large group, and there are many people who know everyone, she says. Did you go to school? Yes, several times No, never Not much, but I have done it Show result Increase in pupils who skip school But the Ungdata survey shows that more and more secondary school pupils skip school and more dread going to school. – It is a bit disturbing. The number of pupils who say they are happy at school has decreased slightly each year. When it goes down a little every year for ten years, we see marked changes. This is according to researcher Anders Bakken, who is head of the Youth Data Center at NOVA, Oslo Met. Anders Bakken, head of the Youth Data Center at Nova, Oslo Met. Photo: Tom Balgaard Ten years ago, 20 percent of secondary school students answered that they had gone to school in the past year. Now the figure is 30 percent. Youth data 2024 The national Youth data report for 2024 shows that an increasing number of young people experience having a negative relationship with school. 18 percent express that they are dissatisfied with the school they attend. Well-being at school has decreased by eight percentage points in ten years. Nevertheless, school satisfaction is still high. 84 percent answered that they enjoyed themselves. Truancy has increased, especially among secondary school girls. Seven out of ten say that they are bored during school hours. About one in three dreads going to school. This year’s number of bullying is the highest since Ungdata started mapping this. (Source: Youth data report for 2024) Believing bullying is the reason, Madelen Kloster, leader of the Student Organization, believes it is time for a real investment to strengthen the team around the students, so that the school environment is safe for everyone. – We believe that this is very serious, and it must be in connection with the increase in bullying at school. That pupils dread going to school is not good, because the school must be a safe and nice place for everyone to be, says Kloster. Madelen Kloster, leader of the Student Organization. Photo: Hallgeir Aunan / news 10th grader Klara Fromm (15) from Tromsø believes it is important that the school day is adapted to each individual student. – I think it is important that each individual student is seen and included. Because there can be differences in how the various students learn. She and her friend Hanna Cornelia Paulsdatter Mathiassen (15) are calling for less sitting in the classroom and more activities during recess. – We like to do physical things, but we get very little of that. I think listening to what the pupils want will help, says Mathiassen. Hanna Cornelia Paulsdatter Mathiassen and Klara Fromm believe that more people would have gone to school if they had known. Photo: Simen Wingstad / news Need more money Stig Johannessen, head of the School Principals’ Association, says a great effort is being made, but that there are cuts in schools in many municipalities, and that the principals lack resources. – The challenge is to offer a good scheme when you don’t have the resources. The politicians must prioritize the school even more, says Johannessen. – Thinks and ponders a lot Back at Blindheim junior high school, Alva Holen Jansson reflects on what is the reason why several junior high school students do not enjoy the school. – We are at an age where many people think and ponder a lot, she says. The classmates have several suggestions for what the schools can do to improve the situation for the students. – They can spend some time getting to know everyone, we can take breaks in between when we work and that there will be a little more social gatherings, says Emilie Strand Blindheim. Emilie Strand Blindheim and Alva Holen Jansson want the school to have more events for the pupils. Photo: Mia Sofie Ytreberg / news Published 22.08.2024, at 05.46
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