Switzerlands teacher-training colleges graduate record 2,800 educators amid rising demand
Switzerland’s 27 state-recognised teacher-training colleges will graduate a record 2,800 new educators this summer, the Federal Statistical Office confirmed on Wednesday, as first-year enrolments surged 18 % in 2023 and another 12 % in 2024. The boom follows a 2022 cantonal agreement to raise teacher salaries by an average 8 % and shorten induction periods, measures that have already cut classroom vacancies from 4.2 % to 1.9 % in the past two academic years. “We are now producing enough qualified candidates to cover national demand for the first time since 2010,” said PHSG rector Thomas Bieri, whose St. Gallen campus alone will award 210 diplomas on 14 June.
The reversal comes after a decade in which Swiss schools struggled to fill 1,100–1,400 posts annually, forcing cantons to rely on short-term permits for foreign-trained teachers. Education minister Guy Parmelin told SRF that the surplus will allow cantons to phase out emergency visas by 2027 and begin reallocating training subsidies to shortage subjects such as mathematics and special-needs education. “We still need to ensure graduates accept posts in rural areas,” he cautioned, noting that 38 % of this year’s cohort have already secured canton-level placement guarantees.
Teacher unions welcomed the shift but warned of a new risk: oversupply in urban centres. “Basel-Stadt and Geneva already report more applicants than vacancies,” said LCH president Dagmar Rösler. The union is urging cantons to expand mentoring programmes and reduce class sizes rather than freeze hiring. Meanwhile, the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK) will meet on 19 June to draft a national teacher-distribution plan that uses wage top-ups and housing support to steer graduates toward high-need regions.
Across the Alps, Romania’s experience offers a cautionary contrast. There, 62 % of technology and research jobs are held by women—double the EU average—yet many report workplace discrimination. “You have to prove yourself twice as much,” said Ioana Dinu, a Bucharest software engineer quoted by Digi24 . Swiss educators, by contrast, benefit from a 2021 federal gender-equity fund that has raised the share of female STEM teachers from 31 % to 36 % in five years.
Looking ahead, the EDK will also review a pilot scheme that uses AI-driven matching to pair newly qualified teachers with schools, a project inspired by Ireland’s graduate-programme model . “The goal is not just to fill desks, but to keep them filled,” said Bieri. With 27,000 teaching positions to be refilled by 2035 as the baby-boom cohort retires, Switzerland’s classrooms are finally turning the page on shortage—and facing a new chapter of distribution.
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