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Development of competitive public education using 21st century technology

The objective of the reform is to support the digital transformation of public education by increasing the availability and use of digital devices and tools by teachers and pupils. In particular, laptops shall be purchased and delivered to schools, for the use of students in grades five and nine, for the use of teachers and for the development of IT classrooms between 2022 and 2025.

Altogether, by the end of the four-year-programme, at least 579,000 digital notebooks shall be purchased and delivered under this measure, of which at least 55,000 shall be provided to teachers and at least 10,000 for schools to develop their IT classrooms. Pupils shall be able to keep the notebooks until they finish their school education and hand them over afterwards to the new cohorts. Priority shall be given to disadvantaged pupils and teachers in schools with an above-average share of disadvantaged pupils.  

At least 3,100 schools shall be provided with interactive display tools and devices such as robots, drones and special computers to develop pupils’ creativity and problem-solving capacity as well as algorithmic and programming competences

By the end of 2022, 120,000 laptops had been purchased and delivered to schools, for the use of pupils in grade nine and for the use of teachers, as well as for the development of IT classrooms. The next wave of implementation is expected in the 2022/2023 academic year.

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