The Back to school Vaudoise will be marked this year by a restriction of smartphones at post-obligatory, the improvement of the school climate and the project of an application to facilitate the family-school relationship. Teachers’ unions say they are worried about the austerity measures announced a few months ago.
Nearly 135,000 young people will return to the canton of Vaud next Monday. This year, smartphones and connected objects, fully prohibited on school time since 2019 at compulsory school, will either be extinct, or in silence and row mode during lessons in professional schools and gymnasiums.
They can also be kept in the pupil’s bag or in lockers available. However, it will be possible to use them during the breaks between the lessons and the noon break.
Vaud therefore did not opt for a strict and total prohibition, advocating the nuance, welcomed Wednesday before the media the State Councilor in charge of Vaud schools Frédéric Borloz. The main objective is that the phone is no longer visible and distractive on the student’s table.
“Zero tolerance” for racism
The head of the Department of Teaching and Vocational Training (DEF) also insisted on the school climate. The plan to combat racism announced last year is ready and can be deployed. “Zero tolerance”, encouragement to openness, awareness or even approach racism and anti -Semitism in class are among the measures mentioned.
A directive concerning dangerous objects, such as white weapons, is, in preparation, announced Cédric Blanc, director general of compulsory education (DGEO).
Profile of the self-evaluated student
Transversal skills are the other priority of this school year for DEF actors, both in compulsory and post-compliance teaching. “The self-assessment of the student’s profile becomes a complement to the notes, such as additional baggage,” said Frédéric Borloz.
Pilot projects now allow students at the end of schooling to identify their personal, methodological and social skills, such as reliability, teamwork, creativity, the spirit of initiative, manual skill or good manners.
Once identified, these skills are registered in the students’ file and can be attached to applications for research of internships or learning places. This device should gradually extend into the canton.
Communication portal
The Minister’s services also intend to continue their efforts in relations with parents. A “homemade” communication application will be developed and tested in early 2026 to then be gradually offered at the start of the 2026-2027 school year to all compulsory education establishments.
It will initially allow you to communicate more easily with the parents of a class, replacing the circulars that are lost or the use of third -party messaging and not very secure. The management of absences and other features such as the provision of schedules will then be added, detailed Cédric Blanc.
This application must make it possible to “put a framework” in the teacher-parents relationship, explained Frédéric Borloz at the microphone of RTS. “We preferred a ‘house’ system to be compatible with the entire Vaud cantonal administration system,” said the State Councilor, who says that “this contributes to bringing families closer to schools”.
This school year 2025/2026 is also marked by the opening of Crissier’s new gymnasium, which will be inaugurated on August 28. The establishment near Lausanne will first welcome 300 gymnasians on Monday. Then, in several stages, up to 1,200 students by the introduction of the gymnasium in four years by 2030.
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