page_title: Schangnau
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Schangnau / Education
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Altes Schulhaus in Schangnau im Emmental (BE)
context_page_description: Schangnau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
context_section_description: In Schangnau about 52% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 7.6% have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).  Of the 41 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 75.6% were Swiss men, 22.0% were Swiss women.
  The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school.  This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.  Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.
  During the 2012-13 school year, there were a total of 114 students attending classes in Schangnau.  There were a total of 25 students in the German language kindergarten classes in the municipality.  The municipality's primary school had 60 students in German language classes.  Of the primary students, 3.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 5.0% have a different mother language than the classroom language.  During the same year, the lower secondary school had a total of 29 students.  There were 3.4% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 3.4% have a different mother language than the classroom language.
  As of  2000, there were a total of 161 students attending any school in the municipality.  Of those, 145 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 16 students came from another municipality.  During the same year, 7 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
caption: The old school house in Schangnau
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