ITU (International Telecommunication Union)is offering a new portal designed to encourage girls and young women to prepare themselves for a career in ICT and inform parents, teachers and other stakeholders on why preparing for a career in ICTs is good for women and girls.
The application process for the 2011 International Millennium Youth Camp has started. The objective of the MY Camp is to find young people who are interested in mathematics, science and technology, and help them to start a career in these fields.
Seventy-five per cent of Swiss students have to work to finance their studies, and the work-study combination could be affecting their health, a study by the Swiss Statistical Office shows. Compared with five years ago, they have less to live on.
The aim of the European project kidsINNscience is to enhance the interest of young people in science and technology and to opt for science careers. The role of gender and cultural diversity is explicitly taken into account throughout the project.
Swiss teenagers have made progress in reading, are still excellent at maths and are good at science, according to the latest international Pisa report, which has assessed the abilities in reading, mathematics and science of 15-year-olds since 2000.
The European Commission has declared 2011 as the European Year of Volunteering under the motto "Volunteer Make a difference". Many events, exhibitions, live demonstrations and other activities will be taking place throughout Europe during the year.
provides information for teachers, students, and parents who may be
- looking for a teaching job in Switzerland;
- planning to study at a Swiss university;
- looking to enrol a child in a Swiss school.
offers overviews of the Swiss education system from pre-school level to continuing education as well as of important Swiss educational institutions and key players in the field.
addresses teachers in Switzerland who take an interest in educational institutions and projects at an international level. It also offers the possibility of finding schools for international projects of collaboration.
