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It was Monday night that GP He said Jensen’s primary school in Gothenburg introduced a dress code that the newspaper said made it clear they were against clothing associated with macho culture, exclusion and crime. Examples given by the school are soft pants and fanny packs.
A document that has been sent to all independent Jensen primary schools in Sweden states that they encourage “clothing that makes a good impression and contributes to a pleasant climate.”
– This is a general recommendation that has been issued to all of our schools. You need to train students on how to be perceived based on how you dress. Dress can affect which contexts or groups you are connected to, says Mats Rosén, principal of the primary school at Jensen.
Gothenburg manager: “Jensen is not for everyone”
Sebastian Nyrén Vanneryr, Principal of Jensen Primary School in Gothenburg, describes in an email to students and tutors that DN posted how the school has changed since its inception four years ago:
“90% of the students came from socially deprived areas and the environment in the school was not really characterized by the safety and peace of study that we are so proud of today,” he writes and continues:
“Jensen isn’t for everyone, but if you share our opinion on what’s important, you usually feel good here.”
Do you think that the new dress code and those formulations can contribute to segregation in schools?
– It is not about segregation but about creating a good school with a good study culture. Jensen is for everyone who wants to join us, everyone is welcome. But we want to defend what we think is important, says the principal of the elementary school, Mats Rosén.
Critical students and tutors
According to Mats Rosén, the dress code is not introduced overnight but gradually in dialogue with students and teachers. But after the decision received a lot of media attention on Tuesday, the reactions are many.
“People should be able to keep their style,” says another student Q4 Gothenburg.
Several parents that both DN and GP have been in contact with say they exclude certain students from the school and say the decision is “xenophobic” and that they “only want kids from nice families.”
The school clarifies that this is not a school uniform and that no sanctions will be applied to students if the dress code is not followed.
– It is about reasoning about it and having a discussion with the students, says Mats Rosén.
SVT Nyheter Väst has contacted the school’s principal, Sebastian Nyrén Vanneryr, to comment without success.
