中国首个官方瑞士学校在北京成立

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中国首个官方瑞士学校在北京成立

记者_李文星 供图_瑞士大使馆 设计_杜亚娜

中国首个官方瑞士学校成立仪式于2017年10月30日在北京举行，正在中国访问的瑞士联邦院议长比绍夫贝尔格（Ivo Bischofberger）和瑞士驻华大使戴尚贤（Jean-Jacques de Dardel ）一同出席了仪式。

北京瑞士学校是北京京西学校瑞士部，也是首个由瑞士政府授权并支持在中国设立的学校。北京京西学校在母语教学方面具有长期教学传统，北京瑞士学校与京西学校的合作为学生们提供了友好多元的学习环境和先进的硬件设施。

北京瑞士学校校长舒贝拉博士（Dr.Barbara Stäuble）表示：“北京瑞士学校以国际化的教育环境为依托，以瑞士教学模式为基础，提供德语母语教学。”在成立初期，北京瑞士学校提供幼儿园教育、小学一年级及二年级教育，之后每年将新增一个年级。除德语母语教学模式外，学校还将教授中文、英语和法语。

北京瑞士学校的教材书籍、师资培训及教学质量均由瑞士苏黎世州政府提供与支持，苏黎世州与中国有着深厚的历史情谊和密切的文化与经济往来。北京瑞士学校的学生享有瑞士式教育，侧重全面教学和多语种教学，始终以孩子为中心进行教学，并重点培养学术知识及创新、体育和社交的技能。北京瑞士学校是瑞士本土外全球范围内的第18所瑞士学校，每一所瑞士学校都与瑞士的一个行政州紧密相连，由州政府提供教学支持及教学质量的保障。

瑞士联邦院议长比绍夫贝尔格、瑞士驻华大使戴尚贤出席北京瑞士学校成立仪式。

北京瑞士学校为考察瑞士教育提供了独特窗口，瑞士式教育为瑞士成为全球最具创新力国家作出了卓越贡献。“瑞士没有太多原材料，我们最重要的‘自然资源’便是教育。瑞士经济不以大批量生产为基础，而是依靠高质量产品的开发和生产，因此需要受过良好专业培训的高质量劳动力。得益于瑞士良好的教育体制，我们是全世界最稳固和最具竞争力的经济体之一。”瑞士驻华大使戴尚贤在启动仪式上说。

China’s first official Swiss School opens in Beijing.

The opening ceremony of China’s first Swiss School was held on Monday October 30th in Beijing. President of the Swiss Council of States Dr. Ivo Bischofsberger on his recent visit to China and Swiss Ambassador to China Dr. Jean-Jacques de Dardel attended the ceremony.

The Swiss School Beijing, a section of Western Academy of Beijing (WAB), is China’s first school supported by the Swiss government. “We offer a German-language education, based on the Swiss curriculum,within an international environment,”says Dr. Barbara Stäuble, President of the Swiss School Beijing. In its inaugural year,the school offers a Kindergarten as well as Primary 1 and Primary 2 classes, with one additional class rolled out every subsequent year. In addition to learning German,students are also taught Chinese, English and French.

Text books, teacher training and quality assurance for the Swiss School Beijing are provided and supported by the Canton of Zurich, which has a long history of cultural and economic ties with China.Students of the Swiss School Beijing are taught a Swiss curriculum that emphasizes a holistic and multilingual education,where children are continuously at the center of the learning process and focus on developing academic knowledge as well as creative, sportive and social skills. With the opening of the Swiss School Beijing,the network of Swiss Schools abroad now comprises 18 schools. Each one is linked to a Canton in Switzerland that provides curricular support and quality assurance.

The Swiss School Beijing offers a unique window onto the Swiss Education system, which has contributed significantly towards Switzerland’s present-day ranking as the most innovative country worldwide.“Switzerland has no raw materials to speak of. Our most important ‘natural resource’is education. The Swiss economy is not driven by mass manufacturing, but by the development and production of high-quality goods. This means that the economy needs a steady supply of well-educated and skilled workers. Thanks to the Swiss education system, ours is one of the most stable and competitive economies in the world,” Swiss Ambassador Jean-Jacques de Dardel said at the ceremony.

WAB has a long tradition of providing Mother Tongue Language Programs.Thanks to the partnership between WAB and the Association Swiss School Beijing, students of the Swiss School Beijing can enjoy the friendly atmosphere and multicultural environment of WAB,while benefiting from WAB’s excellent facilities.