Specialist agencies
The specialist agencies carry out tasks concerning Switzerland as a whole.
The EDK has a number of specialist agencies to perform tasks concerning Switzerland as a whole, or participates in institutions for this purpose. These specialist agencies operate in the following fields:
- Information & documentation
- General education at upper secondary level
- Vocational education and training / work, study and career guidance
- Research in education
- Digitalisation in education
- Special needs education
Another two specialist agencies that are active nationally are run by foundations and focus on exchange and mobility (Movetia) and education for sustainable development (éducation21).