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

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

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)

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