Swedish school gunning for country’s next female eSports star with elite gamers’ training

A school in Sweden is on the lookout for its next eSports star.

And in its hopes to find the country its next top female gamer, adult education center Strombacks Folkhogskola is gearing up to launch a one-year course in eSports that focuses on the Counter Strike franchise.

In an interview with The Local, course administrator Johan Agren said they were inspired by a school in Norway, which has a similar course. That school was the Garnes Videregående Skole, the first educational institution in the West to add eSports to its curriculum. At the Norwegian school, students have the option to select five hours of gaming instead of participating in sports such as soccer, basketball or baseball.

“Part of our job as educators is to be where the people are, and this is incredibly huge at the moment,” Agren told the Swedish news outlet.