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The Swiss Educational System

The Swiss Educational System. By Anh Tho Andres, MBA. Brief Country Overview. Federal Structure with 3 political levels: Confederation (Federal capital: Berne); Cantonal (26 cantons); Communal (also have own powers in various areas). Multi-ethnic, multilingual, multi-confessional

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The Swiss Educational System

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  1. The Swiss Educational System By Anh Tho Andres, MBA

  2. Brief Country Overview • Federal Structure with 3 political levels: • Confederation (Federal capital: Berne); • Cantonal (26 cantons); • Communal (also have own powers in various areas). • Multi-ethnic, multilingual, multi-confessional • Not member of EU, but part of Schenghen • GDP per capita: US$ 42.600 (est. 2010) • Population: 7.785 million (50.8 F / 49.2 M)

  3. Swiss Education in Brief • Swiss System Unique • Federal Institutions • Role of Cantons • National and Regional Competences • Swiss Edu Organigram • Education, Research & Transfer of Technology • International Cooperation

  4. Swiss Education system is unique • No Ministry of Education at national level • Federal level points of contact: OPET & SER • National coordination agency is EDK • Each canton has own education policy

  5. Swiss Federal Contacts on Education • OPET / OFFT Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology • SER State Secretariat for Education & Research

  6. Professional Education &Technology • OPET/OFFT is the federal competence centre • Upper-secondary level Vocational Education and Training (VET), targets 235’000 students; • Tertiary-level Professional Education and training (PET), targets 50’000 students; • Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS/HES) and innovation, targets 63’000 students; • Over 600 professional organisations. • Budget : 22 billion CHF (2008-2011)

  7. Swiss Education and Research • The State Secretariat for Education and Research SER belongs to the Federal Department of Home Affairs; • Specialised agency for general and university education, research and space; • 100 members of staff; • Annual Budget 2.3 billion CHF.

  8. Swiss Cantons & Education • The main responsibility for education lies with the 26 cantons (EDK network); • The federal government and cantons share responsibility for public post-compulsory education (matura schools, vocational training and universities); • Due to cantonal differences • Multilingual • Multi-cultural • Multi-confessionnal

  9. CPS/WBZ Swiss Office for In-Service Training of Upper Secondary Teachers; CSFO/SDBB Swiss Centre for Vocational Training/Study and Career Counselling; CSRE/SKBF Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education; CSPS/SZH Swiss Office for Special Needs Education; CTIE/SFIB Swiss Centre for Information Technologies in Education; IEDS/IFES Institute for External Evaluation of Upper Secondary Schools; EDK National Competences

  10. EDK Regional Conferences • Handle various tasks which require cooperation at a regional level: • List of cantonal education departments • French & Italian Speaking Parts • German Speaking Parts • BKZ (LU-NW-OW-SZ-UR-ZG) • EDK-OST (AI-AR-GL-GR-SG-SH-SZ-TG-ZH-FL) • NW-EDK (AG-BE-BL-BS-FR-SO-VS-ZH)

  11. National Languages Spoken / Canton • German • 17 cantons • 67.8% • French • 4 cantons • 24.2% • Italian • 1 canton • 11.1% • Bilingual (F/D) • 3 cantons

  12. Serb / Croat 1.4% Albanese 1.3% Portuguese 1.2% Spanish 1.1% English 3.4% Turkish 0.6% Tamil 0.3% Arabic 0.2 % Vietnamese 0.2% Dutch 0.2 % Russian 0.1 % Chinese 0.1% Thaï 0.1% Kurdish 0.1% Macedonian 0.1% Cultural Diversity in Switzerland

  13. Swiss Education Organigram • Pre-school compulsory schooling • Post-compulsory education • Tertiary (Higher Education) • Vocational Education • Continuing Education

  14. Pre-school compulsory schooling • 91% students go to local state pre-school and compulsory schooling • 9% attend private school • Pre-school education is free (1-2 yrs) • Compulsory begins at age 6 (9 yrs) • Languages: German, French, Italian. Most students are bi-lingual or tri-lingual.

  15. Compulsory school 9 years Include Primary & Secondary level I Free of Charge for ALL (Swiss or foreign) Total in 2007: 788’000 Upper Secondary Matura school (French Baccalauréat) Specialised Middle School Specialised Matura Basic Vocational Education and Training Compulsory & Upper Secondary

  16. Post-compulsory Education • Swiss legislation (intercantonal or national) forms the basis for the type of education in the area of post-compulsory education (upper secondary level and tertiary level). • Exceptions : The Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology are in charge of the federal authorities. • 90% complete secondary school at age 18

  17. For Bachelor or Master Degrees Swiss Universities by World Ranking Federal Institutes of Technology (FIT) Universities of Teacher Education Universities of Applied Sciences (HES) Federal Diploma / Advanced Federal Certificate Colleges of Higher Vocational Education and Training Tertiary (Higher Education)

  18. World ranking of Swiss Universities • 52. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich • 135. Université de Genève • 138. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne • 274. Universität Basel • 310. Universität Bern • 321. Universität Zürich • 341. Université de Lausanne • 571. Université de Fribourg • 611. Université de Neuchâtel

  19. Federal Institutes of Technology • EPFL – One of the most famous European institutions of science and technology • Missions: Training, Research & Technology Transfer • Over 11’000 Students, Researchers & Staff. • 13 complete Study programmes incl. Bachelors to Masters in Engineering, Basic Sciences, ICT, Life Sciences, Construction, Architecture and Environment and Research for Ph.D.

  20. Universities of Teacher Education • The Swiss Conference of Rectors of Universities of Teacher Education (COHEP) combines all rectors of universities of teacher education, as well as the rectors of other teacher education institutions. • 2 Objectives: Increase professionalisation of Teaching & Recognition of cantonal teaching qualifications on national level. • Core tasks: Teaching – R&D – Counselling • 14 universities

  21. Universities of Applied Sciences • 9 UAS/HES as complementary partner to Cantonal Universities and FITs; • Bring Academic & Business together; • Offer 300 Bachelor & Master Degrees; • Solid reputation on international market; • Subjects taught : technology, business, design, health, social work and art.

  22. Vocational Education Training • VET: Vocational Education Training • 200 VET programmes • 400 Professional College Degree Prog. • 400 Professional Education Training for Federal PET/Advanced PET Diploma. • Targets 2/3 young people entering labour market.

  23. Switzerland & International Network • Research Programmes • Eureka in Economy-oriented development; • HFSP in Neurobiology & Molecular Biology; • ESA European Space Agency; • CERN European Nuclear Research. • Cooperation with EU programmes • Bologna Agreement • ECTS Credit Transfer System • Socrates • Leonardo da Vinci • Erasmus • Multilateral and Global Bilateral Contacts

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