Bern supports music as a major subject
The Bernese cantonal government has approved a loan totaling CHF 4.4 million for the period from August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2022 for the external individual support of high school students with music as their main subject.
Individual instrumental and vocal lessons are no longer taught to a large extent by secondary school teachers, according to the Canton of Bern's announcement. The schools authorize the attendance of individual music lessons at a music school or with an independent music teacher. The outsourcing of music lessons does not generate any additional costs for the canton.
According to the Swiss Music Pedagogical Association (SMPV), Swiss high school students with music as their main subject take one lesson of instrumental lessons per week from the tenth to the twelfth school year as so-called "individual support". Normally, these lessons are given by a teacher from the grammar school. The grammar school can agree to the continuation of lessons with an external teacher. The music school then invoices the costs directly to the grammar school.
