Section: Society
Tribune: «How about finally tackling illiteracy in Switzerland?»

Tribune: «How about finally tackling illiteracy in Switzerland?»

Le Regard Libre No. 80 | In this op-ed, actor and director Marco Polli puts the recent controversies over spelling and inclusive writing into perspective over the past fifty years. The former president of the Geneva Secondary School Teachers’ Union and the Modern Languages Commission condemns what he sees as the various steps that have led to the current state of schools in Switzerland. Namely, a situation where one in five students is illiterate by the age of 15. The former teacher then proposes a way forward.
Bertrand Kiefer: «Trivializing this pandemic would be a step backwards for humanity».»

Bertrand Kiefer: «Trivializing this pandemic would be a step backwards for humanity».»

LONG FORM INTERVIEW, Jean-David Ponci | Taking vaccine hesitants and anti-sanitary passers-by seriously, trying to answer their questions by countering their positions with arguments, helps us all to identify the flaws in our societies and to rethink together the notions of solidarity and freedom. Interview with doctor and theologian Bertrand Kiefer, editor-in-chief of the Swiss Medical Journal.