High school teachers get hands-on training at EPFL

Five teachers worked one day a week at EPFL during the winter term as part of a pilot project of the Education Department of the Canton of Valais and a partnership with Wohlen high school.

The purpose of the training program, which was developed and run by EPFL's Study Programs Promotion Services, was to provide the teachers with insights they can use to help ease their students’ transition from high school to EPFL. “Our aim is to get a clearer idea of EPFL’s requirements of our graduates and, if necessary, change how we teach,” said Stéphane Dayer, the representative of Ecole-Economie, a joint initiative of the Valais Departments of Education and Economy.

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