{"id":235890,"date":"2025-09-19T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/francese-scuola\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:19:03","slug":"french-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/french-school\/","title":{"rendered":"German-speaking Switzerland removes French from primary schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

German-speaking Switzerland removes French from primary schools<\/span><\/h1>\n

Some German-speaking cantons are removing French from primary school to focus on English. But in the other linguistic regions the situation is very different.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
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In Switzerland, the debate on language teaching is growing. In the German-speaking cantons, more and more parliaments are choosing to postpone French until secondary school<\/strong>. Leading the way are Zurich, St. Gallen<\/strong> and Appenzell Ausserrhoden<\/strong>, while in cantons such as Thurgau, Basel-Landschaft<\/strong> and Bern<\/strong> the discussion is still ongoing. It is not about eliminating French altogether, but about moving it further along the school curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reasons of the German-speakers<\/span><\/h2>\n

The main arguments are clear: to lighten the workload of pupils, to give priority to English, to address the shortage of qualified teachers and to correct a system that, according to critics, does not deliver concrete results despite years of early study.<\/span><\/p>\n

The swiss art of multilingualism<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Swiss art of multilingualism<\/span><\/h2>\n

And elsewhere in Switzerland?<\/span><\/h3>\n

The choice of the German-speaking cantons does not find support in the other linguistic regions, where the teaching of national languages remains a priority.<\/span><\/p>\n