Switzerland’s 26 cantons could be obliged to continue teaching a second national language at primary level. The government intends to draft a bill to this effect. This regulation would apply only if the 2004 compromise on languages is abandoned. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government is "concerned" by the decision of some German-speaking cantons to postpone the teaching of the second national language to secondary level, it said in a statement on Friday. Such a decision "jeopardises the harmonisation of teaching and national cohesion". + After Zurich, St. Gallen votes to relegate French to secondary school The government has instructed the interior ministry to draft a bill. The aim is to clarify the place of national languages in education, while taking into account cantonal competencies in education and the differences between language regions. + Top teacher questions early French in Swiss schools With this bill, which will be put out to ...
