Estonia to unleash AI for personalisation of education
Although we understand that every student is unique, teaching in schools is still optimised to an average student. To get beyond this, the Education and Youth Board and the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia have started building a personalised learning path infrastructure. The infrastructure enables the collection and usage of personal learning experiences while respecting […]
COVID-19 didn’t affect the exam results in Estonia
The state examinations show that the average results of the students this year are like those of previous years despite the COVID-19. Though, the results should not be compared by year as the exams were not essential to graduate from high school this year. In the last academic year, students had the option of taking […]
Survey: Estonians’ trust in science is strong
Estonians’ trust in science is very high (78%) by the study by the Estonian Science Barometer. Most Estonians see scientists as experts based on the report. Interest in science is like that in Finland, but higher than, for example, in Sweden or Switzerland. The most interested in science are the Estonian-speakers, men, people under 65 […]
Estonia shared its digitalisation experience at the World Bank seminar
Experts from World Bank and Latin American and Caribbean countries discussed digital technology in education in times of pandemics. The online event was organized around three aspects of digital technology: access for all, access to digital finance and the importance of digital technology in education. Heli Aru-Chabilan from Estonian Education and Youth Board shared the […]
British Research Center: Study in Estonia is the most influential platform in recruiting foreign students
The British research centre I-Graduate: every sixth foreign student who came to Estonia has been influenced by the Study in Estonia platform. The results showed that during the last ten years, several factors related to studying and living in Estonia have improved. Every sixth foreign student who arrived in Estonia was influenced by the state […]
Estonia introduced developments in AI in education
Dr Peep Küngas from Education and Youth Board Estonia had a keynote at German Alliance Digital Summit to share recent developments about the use of AI in education in Estonia. The topic for this year’s event was ‘Looking to the future’ and it was aimed to explore the positive things learned from this year and […]
Innovative ideas to support distance learning
Startup Estonia together with the Education and Youth Board held the Education Upgrade Hack 2020 – a hackathon looking for innovative ideas that could change the world of education and support distance learning. Within 48 hours 21 participating teams formed their ideas into prototypes. Among teams, there were educational experts and technologists, teachers, entrepreneurs, business developers, programmes, […]
Well-known entrepreneurs launching coding school in Estonia
Well-known Estonian entrepreneurs will open a coding school in Estonia to help reduce the growing demand for software developers in Estonia.
The Guardian: Lessons from Estonia – why it excels at digital learning during Covid
Studies in the Baltic state moved seamlessly online thanks to its early adoption of education technology. As hundreds of thousands of children in the UK found themselves shut out of education during lockdown, without access to a laptop or internet, pupils in Estonia reaped the rewards of the Baltic country’s long-term investment in digital learning. Read more
PISA 2018: Young Estonians are citizens of the world
OECD released the final volume on PISA 2018 data. The report “Are students ready to thrive in an interconnected world?” discloses young people’s attitudes towards global issues. According to the survey the attitudes of Estonian students towards global problems are similar to their peers in other countries. Minister of Education and Research of Estonia Mailis Reps is […]
