Education System of Switzerland
The Cognitograph offers a unique overview of the education system in Switzerland.
The following topics are displayed:
- Overview of the complete education system with primary level, secondary level I, secondary level II and tertiary level
- Organization of the compulsory education in German-speaking and French-speaking cantons
- Visualization of the different educational trajectories from secondary school through secondary level II to tertiary level education
- Wage opportunities according to educational level
- Enrollment in the 26 cantons (cut-off dates)
- Start of school grades in the 26 cantons
- Overview of the Lehrplan 21 (curriculum framework for the German-speaking part of Switzerland)
- Overview of the three school models of the secondary school (divided, cooperative and integrated model)
- Admission criteria, organization, goals and degrees of matura schools, specialized schools, passerelle, training for vocational matura, 3 to 4 year-long EFZ apprenticeship, 2 year-long EBA apprenticeship
- Admission criteria, organization, goals and degrees of universities, universities of teacher education, universities of applied sciences and colleges of higher education
- Information about federal examinations
Autor
Jan Ehrler, master degree in political science and economics
For many years project manager at the IDHEAP (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration) in the field of policy evaluation.
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General information and references
Information about school levels, admission criteria, organization and goals:
- Bildungsbericht Schweiz 2018
- Website www.berufsberatung.ch (Swiss education system)
- Website of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK)
- Links of the websites of the cantonal ministries of education (EDK)
Information from the EDK survey of cantons (EDK Kantonsumfrage 2018/2019)
- Start of the first and second compulsory foreign languages
- Number of compulsory years of kindergarten
- Enrolment (cut-off dates)
- Start of school grades
- School models of the secondary level II
Information about the Lehrplan 21
Organization of the compulsory education in the Swiss German-speaking and French-speaking cantons
School models on the secondary level I
Long-term matura school
Admission criteria of matura schools and specialized schools
Statistics about educational trajectories
Calculation of monthly wages according to educational level