The Ministry of Education has today decided upon a certain supervisory about Støvring University.

The Ministry has decided that the school's course starting February 8, 2009 are not eligible for support only when it does not meet the requirements of the Act on private boarding schools for teaching extent, location and general content højskolekursers main aim and the courses openness. It is a basic grant condition that a college must have longer courses for at least 20 weeks in a school year. When Stoevring School not as a result of the Ministry's decision has had longer courses in autumn 2008, meets the high school is not the condition in the school year 2008/09. The consequence is that Stoevring University is awarded the grant throughout 2009. The Ministry therefore requires the decision letter the approximately 1.5 million. kr., which was paid in the first five months repaid no later than 1 July 2009. School can be subsidized again by the Act on private boarding schools from 1 January 2010, provided that the requirements for high school operating conditions.

Background

The case was initiated by the Ministry in early February 2009, when Stoevring University restructured its courses and staff leader of Ebeltoft Kurcenter, Flemming Darre, as superintendent. On this occasion, said CBS, Thorkild Bækkelund, according to information in the press that Stoevring School now wanted to make courses for overweight. This is contrary to the requirement that all high school courses must be open to all. This means that a college may well offer courses on health and obesity, but they must not only be organized for overweight or others with special qualifications. In connection with the supervision carried Ministry April 29, 2009, an unannounced inspection visits at the high school. The purpose was to look at the course content. To eligible for state subsidies, a high school course meet several conditions. Among the most important are: * there must be 21 hours of instruction per week * classes each week will be spread out on 5 full days of instruction, so there are activities throughout the week * half of the teaching should be of broad general nature * course's main aim must be life information , popular and democratic training * courses must be organized so that they are open to all. The inspection visit showed that the content of the course did not correspond to what the school had described in the written material which was submitted to the Ministry. During the inspection visit, spoke ministry with the school principal, administration, teachers, students and the chairman and vice chairman. The Ministry has twice sent stakeholder consultation letters to Stoevring College Board and received the Board's comments on the case before the Ministry has made a decision in the case. In connection with the supervision case, the Ministry has initiated a similar supervisory matter in Dike - School Skagen. The Ministry is aware that there may be the case for the payment of unjustified subsidies on a number of high school students. The Ministry of Education has launched an examination. If the investigation shows that paid government subsidies in violation of the law, the grants have to be repaid to the Ministry of Education. Source: Ministry of Education