Education and skills

The OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) has been recording adults’ proficiency in literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem solving in ten-year cycles since 2011. Switzerland’s participation in the 2nd PIAAC cycle allows it to have corresponding statistical information for the first time since 2003.

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A data use policy for the Swiss education sector will be developed by June 2025. The aim is to ensure the secure and ethically appropriate handling of data in the education system within the framework of existing data protection and to enable its targeted use.

Holding annual Swiss Internet Governance Forum meetings as the national instance of the UN IGT and a multi-stakeholder platform on digital topics in Switzerland.

Attendance at the Swiss IGF is open to all interested parties and free of charge. All target groups are included as equal discussion partners, making the event into an opportunity…

ETH Zurich is committed to obstacle-free access. Over the next few years, people with disabilities or special needs - whether students, teachers, researchers, employees or visitors - should have largely unrestricted access to ETH buildings and services. Particularly in the use of digital aids, ETH would also like to be a role model for other stakeholders.…

The Confederation, together with the cantons, is committed to ensuring that adults can acquire and maintain the basic competences they lack. The Federal Act on Continuing Education and Training (WeBiG) provides for financial assistance to the cantons for this purpose (Article 16 WeBiG).

Each canton draws up a cantonal programme tailored to…

At the end of 2017, the Federal Council adopted the programme "Simply better!...at the workplace" to counteract the shortage of skilled workers on the one hand by enabling existing staff to keep up with the changing demands of the world of work. On the other hand, at the same time, the economy is sensitised to the topics of further education and…

The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international comparative study that measures the competencies of 15-year-old students in the core areas of reading, mathematics and science at regular intervals. As part of the 2025 survey, there will be an additional questionnaire on students' familiarity with ICT. Furthermore,…

The Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) is organising or supporting a series of events that focus on issues of digitalisation-friendly law.

The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences have been tasked with promoting STEM skills (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) among children and young people in conjunction with the ERI Dispatch for 2025–2028. They will fulfil this mandate through extracurricular, multidisciplinary projects that foster gender equality and aim to reach children…

Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a key role in the digital transformation of all areas of society, business, science, education and research, as well as in public administration. At the same time, AI brings with it a wide range of challenges relating to the future of work, fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and security. Fundamental…