Lessons from Estonia: why it excels at digital learning during Covid
by Sally Weale Education correspondent from on (#59QMV)
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.
Long before coronavirus began to wreak havoc on the world, Estonia made the development of digital skills, high-speed internet and a sophisticated IT infrastructure a national priority. In 2001, it was one of the first countries in the world to classify internet access as a human right.
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