Due to the appalling standard of written & spoken High German in Canton Bern, as of January this year, it has been mandatory for teachers to teach in Hoch Deutsch in all subjects in the classroom.
Quite timely too, my wife (Slovakian) has two Swiss German friends who are completely unable to cope with any type of official letter from the Gemeinde or the Bund. M has to translate this into Barn Deutch for them, they are in their 30's
Quick plug ... M is a freleance translator Czech/Slovak into German & vice-versa, not a huge call for it, but one nerver knows. Her standard is good enough that she works part time for the Kantonal Fremde Polizei & courts of Bern. Am now waiting to get fried .......