Lehrplan 21 is the harmonized curriculum for compulsory schooling in the 21 German-speaking and multilingual cantons of Switzerland, developed by the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK) and progressively introduced by participating cantons from 2014 to 2018. It replaced each canton's separate curriculum with a single competency-based framework covering kindergarten through the end of lower secondary school, organized around learning areas and cross-curricular themes.
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Key ProvisionHarmonizes the compulsory school curriculum (Volksschule) across the 21 cantons of German-speaking Switzerland as one common curriculum. 1 Enacted / Adopted Year Sources
1. Lehrplan 21 (Wikipedia, German)
Opening paragraphQuote, Opening paragraph
Der Lehrplan 21 harmonisiert als gemeinsamer Lehrplan die Volksschule in 21 Kantonen der Deutschschweiz.
2. Der Lehrplan 21 liegt vor (Lehrplan 21 press release)
Press release dated 7 November 2014Quote, Press release dated 7 November 2014
Die Deutschschweizer Erziehungsdirektoren-Konferenz (D-EDK) hat den Lehrplan 21 zur Einführung freigegeben.
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