aceEstonia eschews phone bans in schools and takes leap into AI
While many schools in England have banned smartphones, in Estonia – regarded as the new European education powerhouse – students are regularly asked to use their devices in class, and from September they will be given their own AI accounts. The small Baltic country – population 1.4 million – has quietly become Europe’s top performer in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s programme for international student assessment (Pisa), overtaking its near neighbour Finland. In the most recent Pisa…
Estonian students and teachers will receive personal AI accounts and licences through the national AI Leap program to develop practical AI skills in school.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2025-05-26
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