MONET 2030: First diploma rate at upper secondary level

SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Goal description

«Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development. Major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrolment rates in schools particularly for women and girls. Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed to make even greater strides for achieving universal education goals. […]»

Swiss target 4.4: 95% of all 25 year-olds have an upper secondary level qualification. The entire education system is accessible; transfers and restarts are possible. The choice of careers and study courses is improved.

Swiss target 4.5: 95% of all 25 year-olds, including those who are past compulsory schooling age when they arrive in Switzerland, obtain an upper secondary level qualification here.

SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Goal description

"[…] inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets. Additionally, while income inequality between countries may have been reduced, inequality within countries has risen. […]"

Swiss target 10.7: Immigration is safe, orderly and in keeping with Switzerland's economic prosperity and social cohesion. Refugees and vulnerable persons are afforded protection that takes gender and age-specific needs and vulnerabilities into account. The causes of flight and irregular migration to Europe are tackled and the integration of refugees and migrants is encouraged and demanded.

Significance of the indicator
The indicator shows the percentage of young people aged up to 25 who after compulsory education obtain an upper secondary qualification, by nationality. A sustainable education system must strive to compensate for these inequalities, encourage integration and thus improve the success of all pupils. To move towards sustainable development, the percentage must increase and the gap between Swiss and foreign nationals must narrow.

Help for interpretation
Young people with no post-compulsory education or training (upper secondary level qualification) are a group at risk as precarious employment and unemployment hinder their integration in society. A person’s origins can have a defining impact on their opportunities. Thus, education, financial resources or the degree to which their parents are integrated, influence the performance of children and young people at school and hence their professional future as well as the opportunities to grow in society.

International comparability
This indicator cannot be compared at international level.

Synthesis

Comments : Calculation of the variation in % on the difference between Swiss born in Switzerland and foreign nationals born abroad.

The indicator shows the percentage of school leavers up to the age of 25 who have obtained an upper secondary level qualification for the first time in Switzerland in the reference population. This includes all people of school-leaving age living in the country. It does not include cross-border commuters or persons who have recently immigrated to Switzerland after their compulsory education nor young people who left the country before obtaining an upper secondary qualification.
For more stable results, a moving average over 3 years is applied to the values obtained. In this way, the annual rate published (X) corresponds to the average of values calculated for the years X-1, X and X + 1.

Swiss target 4.4: 95% of all 25 year-olds have an upper secondary level qualification. The entire education system is accessible; transfers and restarts are possible. The choice of careers and study courses is improved.

Swiss target 4.5: 95% of all 25 year-olds, including those who are past compulsory schooling age when they arrive in Switzerland, obtain an upper secondary level qualification here.

Swiss target 10.7: Immigration is safe, orderly and in keeping with Switzerland's economic prosperity and social cohesion. Refugees and vulnerable persons are afforded protection that takes gender and age-specific needs and vulnerabilities into account. The causes of flight and irregular migration to Europe are tackled and the integration of refugees and migrants is encouraged and demanded.

International target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

International target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.

International target 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.