Swiss Country Report on ICT in Education

In accordance with Switzerland's federal structure, the tasks of the education system are shared between 3 political levels (Confederation, cantons and municipalities) which work together in their respective areas of responsibility to ensure high quality in the education system.

Until recently there was no overall strategy for the integration of ICT in schools, although there was a more general Information Society Strategy, which was updated in 2006.

There is no national curriculum in Switzerland, but work is currently going on at both federal and regional levels to harmonise the cantonal curriculums. The 2007 strategy of the cantons with respect to ICT in education fixes the achievement of digital literacy as a general aim.

Although there is no content development strategy as publishers or open source initiatives, the cantonal strategy for ICT states that one of its aims is to “make existing content more accessible by a system of tagging, description and evaluation”.

There are two reports on Teacher Training in Switzerland available: The first report is an integral part of the Swiss Country Report, the second has been published at the end of 2010 and focuses on a study by the Hasler Foundation on the Role of ICT in Teacher Training in Switzerland. Both have been published in the context of EUN.

This side offers a collection of weblinks and download links for infromation on the use of ICT in Swiss schools.