In a written answer on Thursday to a parliamentary question the government said the trial would take place in one of the federal asylum centres, the Swiss news agency SDAreported.
It said two social workers would look after the unaccompanied minors and ensure a daily structure appropriate for their age.
The government envisages a strict separation of underage and adult asylum seekers. Minors will as far as possible be housed in groups.
In Switzerland the cantons are currently responsible for housing and taking care of unaccompanied teenage asylum seekers. Refugee groups have criticized the government over the lack of national coordination.
Many of the minors come from war zones and are traumatized.
According to government figures, just under 2,000 minors claimed asylum in Switzerland in 2016, just over seven percent of the total number of applications.
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