Immigrant schoolchildren in Switzerland perform well

A new report shows that immigrant teens in Swiss schools perform well, are satisfied with life, and are more motivated than their native classmates. But they feel less integrated than a decade ago. The report was published on Monday by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and compares comprehensive 2015 statistics about teenage student performance with a more recent overview specifically of immigrant students. On performance, the findings state, foreign-origin 15-16-year-olds in Swiss schools fare averagely: some 58% demonstrate competence in the three core subjects of reading, mathematics, and science. This is just above the European and international mean, though it pales in comparison with the top-performing nations of Singapore (91% competence), Macao (88%), Hong Kong (84%), and Canada (82%). + Read more about Swiss schooling and education The students were also asked about their motivation and environment. Here, 46% of ...