INCA Education around the world
Switzerland : Curricula (age 3-19)
- 5.1 First phase: Pre-compulsory, age 4/5 - 6/7
- 5.2 Second phase: Primary, age 6/7-10/12+
- 5.3. Third phase: Lower secondary, age 10/12+-16
- 5.4. Fourth phase: Upper secondary, age 16-18/19
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The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Education has embarked on a 'harmonisation' project, which will define national standards for mathematics, languages and sciences for students in compulsory level education throughout Switzerland. Known as 'Project HarmoS', it has three distinct phases:
- In the first phase, national standards are being developed for languages (mother tongue and foreign languages), mathematics and science.
- In the second, levels of competence to be achieved at the end of Years 2, 6 and 9 are being defined.
- At the same time, standards are being developed for other subjects such as history and politics, geography, music, and sport.45
