List of cantonal education departments in Switzerland

In Switzerland , state responsibility for education, including responsibility for schools and universities, according to the federal constitution ( Art. 61–65 ), rests with the cantons (see also federalism in Switzerland ). For coordination at the federal level, the cantons work together in the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Education Directors; There is also the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) in the Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research , which is the federal authority for nationally and internationally oriented questions of education, research and innovation policy.

Canton	department	Chief	Political party	since
Zurich	Education Directorate	Silvia Steiner	CVP	2015
Bern	Education Directorate	Bernhard Pulver	Green	2006
Lucerne	Education and Culture Department	Reto Wyss	CVP	2011
Uri	Education and Culture Directorate	Beat Jörg	CVP	2012
Schwyz	Education Department	Michael Stahli	CVP	2016
Obwalden	Education and Culture Department	Christian Schäli	CSP	2018
Nidwalden	Education Directorate	Res Schmid	SVP	2010
Glarus	Department of Education and Culture	Benjamin Mühlemann	FDP	2014
train	Directorate for Education and Culture	Stephan Schleiss	SVP	2011
Freiburg	Direction de l'instruction publique, de la culture et du sport Directorate for Education, Culture and Sport	Jean-Pierre Siggen	CVP	2013
Solothurn	Department of Education and Culture	Remo Ankli	FDP	2013
Basel city	Education Department	Conradin Cramer	LDP	2017
Basel-Country	Education, Culture and Sports Directorate	Monica Gschwind	FDP	2015
Schaffhausen	Education Department	Christian Amsler	FDP	2010
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Department of Education	Alfred Stricker	-	2015
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Education Department	Roland Inauen	-	2013
St. Gallen	Education Department	Stefan Koelliker	SVP	2008
Grisons	Education, culture and environmental protection department Department d'educaziun, cultura e protecziun da l'ambient Dipartimento dell'educazione, cultura e protezione dell'ambiente	Martin Hunter	SP	2011
Aargau	Department of Education, Culture and Sport	Alex Hürzeler	SVP	2009
Thurgau	Department of Education and Culture	Monika Knill	SVP	2008
Ticino	Dipartimento dell'educazione della cultura e dello sport	Manuele Bertoli	SP	2011
Vaud	Department de la formation, de la jeunesse et de la culture	Cesla Amarelle	SP	2017
Valais	Département de l'économie et de la formation Department of Economics and Education	Christophe Darbellay	CVP	2017
Neuchâtel	Department de l'éducation, de la culture et des sports	Monika Maire-Hefti	SP	2013
Geneva	Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport	Anne Emery-Torracinta	SP	2013
law	Department de la formation, de la culture et des sports	Martial Courtet	CVP	2015

The cantons are named in the official order (according to Art. 1 of the Federal Constitution ).

Web links

• Overview of the current directors of education