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News Estonia » Education: Estonia has a higher education gender gap and few plans to fix it

News channel or source: https://news.err.ee/1610173732/estonia-has-a-higher-education-gender-gap-and-few-plans-to-fix-it
Published on: Thursday 22 October 2026

Men make up just 40% of students in higher education in Estonia. Experts say raising the compulsory school attendance age to 18 alone won't close the gender gap.

News Estonia » Education: Estonia to stop funding Russian-language education

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/estonia-stop-funding-russian-language-115451090.html
Published on: Monday 15 January 2024

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Estonian PM Kallas: Russia is conducting 'shadow war' on West Estonia will stop funding Russian-language education, the Estonian ...

News Estonia » Education: Foreign online studies not enough to meet Estonia's compulsory education requirement

News channel or source: https://news.err.ee/1610163358/foreign-online-studies-not-enough-to-meet-estonia-s-compulsory-education-requirement
Published on: Saturday 10 October 2026

Children under 18 living in Estonia must attend an Estonian school to fulfill compulsory education requirements, even if they are enrolled in a foreign online school, the Ministry of Education has ...

News Estonia » Education: Estonia Expands High School Defense Education with New Drone Training Initiative

News channel or source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/estonia-expands-high-school-defense-education-with-new-drone-training-initiative-302627177.html
Published on: Wednesday 26 November 2025

The optional course in drone training is intended for tenth grade students. TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Estonia is strengthening its next generation of technical and national ...

News Estonia » Education: The future of IT education: With falling student numbers, can Estonia persuade young people to study tech?

News channel or source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-future-of-it-education-with-falling-student-numbers-can-estonia-persuade-young-people-to-study/
Published on: Wednesday 09 September 2015

Over the last few years the number of students in higher education in Estonia has dropped significantly - from 67,600 in 2011 to 55,200 in 2014, according to Statistics Estonia. The fall is largely ...

News Estonia » Education: Estonia’s Education System: Full of Promise, Facing Challenges

News channel or source: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-estonias-education-system-full-of-promise-facing-challenges/2015/04
Published on: Wednesday 08 April 2015

In my last blog, I told a rather inspiring story of how this very attractive country, a former Soviet satellite, flat on its back when the Soviet Union came apart, has come roaring back to create a ...

News Estonia » Education: How Estonia is Advancing AI in Government, Business and Education

News channel or source: https://www.newsweek.com/how-estonia-advancing-ai-government-business-education-2069097
Published on: Thursday 08 May 2025

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Estonia may be a small country, but it maintains an outsized reputation ...

News Estonia » Education: Estonia: The Next Finland?

News channel or source: https://www.edweek.org/education/opinion-estonia-the-next-finland/2015/04
Published on: Wednesday 01 April 2015

You’ve never been to Estonia? You owe it to yourself to go. We just returned and the warm glow of the visit has not yet worn off. We cannot wait to go back. What these modest, friendly and highly ...

News Estonia » Education: Estonia Drives Robotics and Coding Education With Smartlab Hobby Groups, Backed By Microsoft

News channel or source: https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/05/estonia-drives-robotics-and-coding-education-with-smartlab-hobby-groups-backed-by-microsoft/
Published on: Friday 05 October 2012

The Baltic country of Estonia — known as the birthplace of Skype and a go-to market for tech companies in the U.S. and elsewhere needing developers — is making another IT investment so that younger ...