Education - The Local

More people than ever are taking part in Switzerland’s study abroad scheme, despite the fact the country is no longer a full member of the EU’s Erasmus programme.

Two Muslim teenage girls were denied a Swiss passport because they refused to participate in school swimming lessons on religious grounds.

The high ranking is the latest accolade for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

School suspends three students for creating a website for pupils to publicly assess their teachers’ performance.

Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich is the highest rated university in continental Europe, a prestigious new survey shows.

Staff at a school in the canton of Basel Country who provide a positive role model by not smoking should receive an extra week's holiday, one member of staff has suggested.

Should children of kindergarten age be forced to study German if their language skills aren't up to scratch?

School children in Zurich who were expecting to get a little more sleep have seen their hopes dashed.

Lausanne’s federal technology institute EPFL was founded in its current form in the 1960s, but dates back far longer.

A Swiss legal expert will decide on the validity of a decision by a Therwil school to allow male Muslim students to avoid shaking hands with female teachers for religious reasons.

A primary school in Bern has dismissed a popular teacher for continuing to bring her blind dog into class.

Parents and students have reacted with shock and anger after a teacher decided to use suicide as an example in a physics lesson.