Switzerland’s largest party, the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP), wants to curb the number of pupils in primary school classes who do not speak the language of instruction, arguing that rising immigration is undermining primary education, reported SRF. Meeting in Näfels in the canton of Glarus, party delegates approved a set of demands billed as an effort to save primary school. Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.comAccording to the UDC/SVP, schools are increasingly failing to teach basic skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic. The party is calling for a cap on the proportion of such pupils in each class. It also wants mandatory language tests before the school year begins.