The Swiss Education Server educa.ch has become richer by one sub-portal. The new Internet portal EducaTech offers free information and school materials (Ge, Fr, En) for the technical education of children and young people up to 19 years of age.

The Northwestern Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education communicated, that now all German speaking and bilingual cantons have agreed to participate in a project for the development of a common curriculum for compulsory schools.

For the third time the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture organises from 5th to 7th October 2006 the eLearning Conference in Eisenstadt, Austria: "eLearning in a new Europe: eTwinning in a European Context".

The new dossier by the EDA-UN Coordination in form of an online guide explains the UN and its many possibilities to young people - workshops, stages, education, UN simulations, didactic resources, networks and documentations.

On the International Day of Child Rights on 20 November, Terre des hommes invites young people from Switzerland to go down into the street and put themselves, just for a few hours, into the skin of children who elsewhere live in a street situation.

The Sixth International Conference on Web-based Education by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)  will take place on March 14-16, 2007 at Le Majestic Congress Center, Chamonix, France.

The Canton of Zurich voted against English as only foreign language in primary school. The following article explains the impact of the ballot on the Swiss education system trying to coordinate education among the cantons.

MySwitzerland.com has become richer by one important information: the 622 group accomodations plus surrounding views are shown now  in bird's eye perspective on this interactive site with research function.

The Annual Conference of the Swiss Group of International Schools will take place at the International School of Zug in March 2007 under the heading of: "Gender, Learning and Sex Education: Issues and implications for international school educators".

The EIAH - Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain - conference is going to take place from Juin 27 to 29 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This event is centred on research in ICT environments for human learning.

In 2005 Swiss cantons have supported learners and students with scholarships and loans of altogether 306 million Swiss francs - depending on the canton between 18 and 90 francs per person. This is 3.4 million Swiss francs less than last year.

A new study by the Radiological Society of North America has found that adolescents who play violent video games may exhibit lingering effects on brain function, including increased emotional arousal and decreased control, focus and concentration.

On December 1st the Federal institute for advanced professional education EHB officially opens its doors. It will take over the responsability for vocational education and continuing education from the Swiss Institute for Vocational Pedagogy (SIBP).

SWITCH, the Swiss Education & Research Network has lanced the Swiss Junior Web Award for schools to put their website on the Internet. The initiative aims at sponsoring ICT knowledge of school children. The website is in French, German and Italian.

The report by the U.S. National Centre for Education Statistics presents 11 years of data from 1994 to 2005 (no survey was conducted in 2004) on Internet access in U.S. public schools by school characteristics.

On mandate by the confederation and the cantons the Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education presented the first national report with information on statistics, research and administration on the Swiss education system.

The elearningeuropa.info portal of the European Commission has now launched a digital publication entitled eLearning Papers, an exclusive platform providing articles, interviews and good practices related to e-learning.

Three new features on the Swiss communication platform for public schools (projects, showcase, schools on educanet2) make it easy to have a look at the work of others and to get in contact with members of educanet2.

A study on pupils and students in Switzerland by the Federal Statistical Office claims that the number of pupils in primary school is decreasing because of a drop in birth rates in the 1990ties, while on higher school levels it is still increasing.

A debate has been raging in Switzerland for several days about whether Christmas celebrations hurt Muslims' feelings and should be banned at school.