Young Swiss Professionals Are Vice World Champions
(State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, July 08, 2013)
At this year’s WorldSkills Competition the Swiss team achieved an outstanding second place in the national rankings, only beaten by South Korea, finishing as the best European nation. The 39 skilled young specialists from Switzerland picked up 9 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 5 bronze medals. After similar successes at previous skills competitions in Japan, Canada and the UK, the Swiss delegation once again achieved a leading place against strong competition from a total of 54 states. “This consistency shows that Switzerland’s dual, labour market oriented system of vocational education and training is a successful model”, said State Secretary Mauro Dell‘Ambrogio.