Schoolwork at home: some do more, some do less (Keystone / Laurent Gillieron)
There is a big difference in the amount of time pupils are spending at their studies during the corona school closures, a Swiss-led study has found. Some children are doing five or more hours a day, others just one or two.
This is one of the main findings of the School Barometerexternal link, led by the Institute of the Management and Economics of Education (IBB)external link of the University of Teacher Education Zug, and published on Sunday. It surveyed over 7,100 pupils, parents, teachers and other interested parties in Switzerland, Germany and Austria to find out how people are coping with the school closures.
In Switzerland, schools have been closed since March 16, leaving around

Swiss universities are known to be very international
More than half of those doing a doctorate in Switzerland come from abroad, according to a new global education report. Foreign students are especially drawn to courses in the natural sciences.
International students make up 17% of those studying at Swiss universities, said the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECDexternal link) in its Education at a Glance 2017external link, published earlier this week.
This is almost three times more than the OECD total of 6%.
The higher the level of study, the more international students in Switzerland. Only Luxembourg has more international doctoral students (87%), the report found.
“As a result,