Over 4000 persons in professional education are reimbursed CHF 16.3 million in course costs
Neuchâtel, 30.03.2020 - Since 2018, persons who complete preparatory courses for a federal professional examination (levels 1 and 2) have received financial support directly from the Confederation. 50% of the course fees are reimbursed. For the first year of the new funding regime, 4096 applications for federal subsidies were approved and a total of CHF 16.3 million paid out. These are the results of the new statistics on subject-based funding in professional education from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below).
Address for enquiries
Anne Renaud, FSO, Educational Processes, tel.: +41 58 484 94 45
e-mail: schulstat@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
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