Estonia-Malta collaboration on digital education

In the middle of the Mediterranean is one of the world’s smallest island countries – Malta – which is also the smallest EU member state. To compare – Estonia has an island the same size – Muhumaa – with only about 2,000 inhabitants, but compared to Malta, it seems as if all the people living in the capital Tallinn could be accommodated in such a small area.

Estonia and Malta are two different places in Europe, united by the fact that they are both small countries in European terms, which is a good advantage when seeking to create cooperative relationships aimed at implementing the use of digital solutions in education. Estonia has become a role model for digital education as Estonians have made ICT work for education. Estonia, a Baltic nation of just 1.3 million people, has attracted the attention of world leaders, academics and venture capitalists thanks to its high-tech digital society.

The numbers speak for themselves: tax forms are completed online in under five minutes; 99 per cent of Estonia’s public services are available on the web 24 hours a day; and 99 per cent of schools had already been using some type of e-solutions before COVID-19; and 95 per cent of schools use...