Vocational school: written final exam should remain
Academic
BUND KREBST Back: Written final exam should not be abolished for apprentices
The federal government wants to reorganize general education at vocational schools. After violent resistance from schools and politics, a U -turn is now in the most controversial point.
KV learning ends at the apprenticeship examination. The reform of the general education lessons is tough.
One subject is on the schedule for every apprentice, whether prospective hairdresser or KV-Stift: the Abu, the lessons in general education. Hirns BUND, cantons, unions and employers have been a reform for years. A planned innovation met with great resistance: the abolition of the written final exam in this subject. Instead, there should be an oral exam in addition to the thesis.
Now the federal government is getting back. The written exam should not be abolished. Rather, every canton should be able to decide for themselves whether to rely on a written or oral exam. The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation announced on Friday.
The FDP President also resisted
The step takes place after great pressure from teachers and politics. The Zurich Association of Teachers in Vocational Training argues that in times of artificial intelligence, it is wrong to only rely on a work that can never be quite sure about what was really written and what was chatting. It came to Petitions And advances, even FDP President Thierry Burkart defended himself against the abolition of the written exam.
By leaving the decision to the cantons, the federal government takes up a compromise that the Council of States has requested. The decision is not yet definitely. First the associations involved have the opportunity to take a position. The new rules should come into force in 2026.
« Fear that fight starts from the front »
Konrad Kuoni, President of the Zurich Vocational School Teacher Association, is very relieved. More was achieved than one could expect initially. But: « I'm afraid that the fight is going all over again – at the canton level, » he says.
Kuoni accuses the State Secretariat of not working properly when evaluating the statements of associations, cantons and parties. Several organizations were not part of the opponents camp, although they had explicitly expressed reservations or rejection. The SBFI publicly defended itself against this criticism. It states that a majority of the partners have spoken out for abolition. Nevertheless, there is now a U -turn.
