Education in Switzerland
Cantonal school systems
Columns: Canton | Years of Kindergarten | Years of Kindergarten provided | Years of Kindergarten legally required | Length of Primary School | Length of mandatory Secondary School | Separate Secondary Schools? | Cooperative Secondary Schools? | Integrated Secondary Schools?
Zurich | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Yes | No | No | Bern | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Lucerne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Uri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Schwyz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Obwalden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Nidwalden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Glarus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Zug | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Fribourg | 2 | 1 or 2 | 0 or 2 | 6 | 3 | Yes | No | Yes | Solothurn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Basel-Stadt | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Yes | No | No | Basel-Landschaft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Yes | No | No | Schaffhausen | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Appenzell Innerrhoden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | St. Gallen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Graubünden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Yes | No | No | Aargau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Yes | No | No | Thurgau | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Yes | No | No | Ticino | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Yes | No | No | Vaud | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | Yes | No | No | Valais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Yes | No | No | Neuchâtel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Yes | No | No | Geneva | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Yes | No | No