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Country Profile - Estonia


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Education Procurement in Estonia

CountryProfile_ESTONIA.pdf

Numbers

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Number of schools K-12 Number of teachers K-12 Number of students K-12 Number of computers per student K-12
553[1] 17.466[2] 170.643[3] 2,1[4]

Sources:
[1] General schools – basic & secondary -  (518)+ vocational institutions (18) Data 2018: www.stat.ee/education
[2] General schools – basic & secondary -  (15.465) + vocational institutions (2.001): www.stat.ee/education
[3] General schools – basic & secondary -  (151.164)+ vocational institutions (1.183 vocational courses with no previous education requirement) + 18 296 - Vocational courses after basic education) Data 2018:
www.stat.ee/education
[4] https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/students-computers-and-learning/snapshot-of-ict-equipment-and-use-at-school_9789264239555-table2-en#page1
DATA 2012

Legislation of Education

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The fundamental principles of provision of education in the Republic of Estonia are established in the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia  and the Education Act.

Education is compulsory for school-age children to the extent specified by law and free of charge in state and local government general education schools. The provision of education is supervised by the state. Operation of schools grounded on the private capital of physical or legal entities is regulated by the Private Schools Act.

Source:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/fundamental-principles-and-national-policies-24_en

Digital Strategies

The standards for learning, leading, and teaching in t he digital age based on the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

https://media.voog.com/0000/0034/3577/files/ISTE_NETS_T_2014.pdf
Estonian Lifelong Learning Strategy 2020
https://www.hm.ee/sites/default/files/estonian_lifelong_strategy.pdf

 

Source: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national
policies/eurydice/sites/eurydice/files/en_digital_education_n.pdf

Organisations

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Organization responsible for education Role of the organization Website
Ministry of Education and Research Responsible for the administration and development of education system and for the funding of research and development activities at national level. Its activities:

  • to ensure that education laws are observed
  • to establish requirements for the national curriculum
  • to establish rules for national supervision
  • to allocate national funds for education
  • to develop financial standards for local and school budgets
  • to develop the national framework curriculum
www.hm.ee/en
Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education Carries out the accreditation of education institutions http://ekka.archimedes.
ee/en
Foundation Innove
  • Coordinates activities regarding life-long learning development
    (mainly for general and vocational schools)
  • Organises training, national assessment, data collection, analysis and dissemination of education-related information.
www.innove.ee/en
Archimedes Foundation Implements different international and national programmes and projects in the field of training, education and research http://archimedes.ee/en
/archimedes-foundation
Municipalities
  • organise the work of the pre-primary schools to deliver general education services and some parts of education for students with special needs
  • have the authority to hire school leaders
  • provide support for career counselling and psychological counselling in schools
  • establish school supervisory bodies
  • implement county plans for educational development
  • school management
  • cover running costs of schools
  • have the authority to establish, re-arrange and close schools
  • keep account of the number of compulsory attending children
  • ensure school attendance control
  • make arrangements for school transport
  • provide school meals
Educational department of county governments
  • supervision of pre-primary and general education schools
  • formulate county-level plans for education development
  • disseminate information on public financing
  • organise cultural and educational events for teachers and students
  • give advice to municipal governments on education issues
School supervisory bodies
  • discuss school development plans
  • review school budget plans and curricula
  • participate in teacher recruitment processes and school staff appointments
  • approve salary rates for educational personnel proposed by school leaders
  • organise support for schools
Administration of schools is highly decentralised. Lower secondary schools make around 80% of the decisions.

Source
:
OECD: Education Policy Outlook: Estonia, 2016
European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Estonia Overview:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/estonia_en

Funding of education

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Type of schools Source of funds
Municipal schools Get a subsidy allocated from the state budget, which is calculated on the number of students. This subsidy is used for paying teachers’ salaries, salary taxes, training and textbooks.
Private general education schools Can apply for a subsidy. The state determines guidelines for the use of the allocated funds. These funds are calculated based on the number of students enrolled in the particular private school and living in the corresponding administrative territory.
The state has made investments above OECD average only at tertiary level in education.
The majority of investments are covered by public sources.

Source
:
OECD: Education Policy Outlook: Estonia, 2016
European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Estonia Overview :
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/estonia_en

Public expenditure on education ISCED (2011) (million EUR)

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Year Primary education Lower secondary education Upper secondary education Total
2012 228,3 132,6 175,1 536,0
2013 281,2 134,7 134,8 550,7
2014 238,1 119,6 133,2 490,9
2015 253,3 127,1 147,7 528,1
2016 280,1 135,0 147,6 562,7

Source
: Eurostat (online data codes: educ_uoe_fine01)

Expenditure on educational institutions ISCED (2011) (Million EUR)

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Year Expenditure Primary education Lower secondary education Upper secondary education Total
2012 Total 228,3 131,9 169,8 530,0
2013 Current expenditure 247,6 118,1 116,2 481,9
Capital expenditure 39,1 18,8 18,3 76,2
Total 286,7 136,9 134,5 558,1
Share of capital expenditure (%) 13,6 13,7 13,6 13,7
2014 Current expenditure 236,3 116,0 121,1 473,4
Capital expenditure 17,1 9,9 19,3 46,3
Total 253,5 125,9 140,3 519,7
Share of capital expenditure (%) 6,7 7,9 13,8 8,9
2015

 

Current expenditure 258,9 124,4 133,2 516,5
Capital expenditure 16,2 8,7 20,8 45,7
Total 275,2 133,1 154,0 562,3
Share of capital expenditure (%) 5,9 6,5 13,5 8,1
2016 Current expenditure 282,4 132,7 142,1 557,2
Capital expenditure 24,5 10,1 8,7 43,3
Total 307,0 142,8 150,8 600,6
Share of capital expenditure (%) 8,0 7,1 5,8 7,2

Source
: Eurostat (online data code: educ_uoe_fini01)

Procurement Procedure

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The procurement system is centralized.

Central procurement policy belongs to the authority of the Department of Public Procurement and State Aid (RRO) within the Ministry of Finance. Its activities and responsibilities:

  • to draft legislation and amendments to them
  • to supervise public procurement processes
  • to manage the e-procurement platform
  • to provide guidance and training to contracting authorities and to potential suppliers

 

Public contracts are managed by the respective contracting authority, however on an ad hoc basis and voluntary joint purchasing is also used.

Complaints against the procurement decisions can be sent to the Estonian Public Procurement Review Committee that operates as the review body of the first instance. It has the right to invalidate contracts in case of serious irregularities. In case of an appeal, the Administrative Court is the first instance body. Appeals can be submitted to the Regional Courts and to the Court of Appeal, while the National Court of Estonia has the final decision.

External controls are implemented by the National Audit Office (NAO):

  • performs audits of state agencies in terms of compliance
  • publishes annual reports and recommendations for the Parliament and the general public.

 

Source:
Public procurement – Study on administrative capacity in the EU Estonia Country Profile:
https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/policy/how/improving-investment/public-procurement/study/country_profile/ee.pdf
European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Estonia Overview:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/estonia_en

LEA contact

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International_Relations@viladecans.cat

 

 

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