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DigiEDU: Equal access to digital education

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Slovakia: Shaping the Future through Education and Innovation

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Area: 49,035 sq. km (18,933 sq. miles)
Capital city: Bratislava (population: 452,288)
Population: 5.4 million
Official language: Slovak
State system: Republic
Political system: Parliamentary democracy
EU Member: Since 2004
Time: Central European Time (GMT+1)
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Borders: Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Ukraine

The Education System in Slovakia

The education system in Slovakia comprises a variety of schools that provide education to thousands of children and young people. These schools differ in focus and type of management, yet together they form the foundation for building an educated society.

Primary Schools

Number of schools: 2,000
Church schools: 90
Private schools: 110
Public schools: 1,800
Number of students: 490,000

Secondary Schools

Number of schools: 800
Number of teachers and specialists: 21,000
Number of students: 230,000

Equal Access to Digital Assets

The Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Youth of the Slovak Republic presents the DigiEDU program co-funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with a budget of €224.6 million.
The goal of DigiEDU is to ensure equal access to digital technologies for all students, regardless of their social or economic background.
DigiEDU is part of the '21st Century Classroom' concept, which introduces modern digital equipment and approaches to enhance effective learning.
DigiEDU is built on the Digital Equipment Standard for schools, which is based on the model proposal for the European Commission, 'Highly Equipped and Connected Classrooms' (HECC).

Digital standard for schools

Scope of the Standard

DigiEDU is based on the model proposal for the European Commission, 'Highly Equipped and Connected Classrooms (HECC)' providing guidelines at student, teacher, classroom and school level.

Goals of the Standard

  • Set a flexible digital equipment standard for schools to support education's digital transformation.

  • Avoid strict mandates; guide investments and initiatives.

  • Enable monitoring of schools' digital readiness.

  • Update regularly to reflect technological advances.

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Digital Equipment for schools

Financed by RRF

Devices for Students, Teachers, Classrooms in primary and secondary schools

Inclusive and Specialized IT Equipment for students with special education needs in primary and secondary schools

Office software licenses for teachers and students in primary and secondary schools

DigiNET for schools

Ensuring Very High Broadband Connectivity coverage in Classrooms in Primary and Secondary schools (Financed by RRF)

Providing Regional School Partners (RPS) for operational support of network services at Primary and Secondary schools

National Central NODE (NCU) – ensuring the security of school network users through the implementation of centralized network security components

DigiNET – ICT network for primary and secondary schools

DigiEDU timeline

DigiEDU Timeline

21st Century Classroom

Curriculum reform

Curriculum Reform Timeline

Digital Transformation

Includes domain-specific computer literacy, cross-disciplinary digital literacy, and a separate subject for computer science, ensuring comprehensive education in digital skills. Schools are given the flexibility to develop content standards and integrate digital literacy into their curricula according to their individual needs.

National Centre for Digital Transformation of Education

Regional Teacher Support Centres: 40 centres

FCL (Future Classroom Lab) currently: 3 labs

Planned FCLs: 3 additional labs