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SmartLabs - new tutors

Estonia · Tallinn · National · See the Estonia profile

SmartLabs new tutors is a programme to train new tutors to deliver the highly successful SmartLabs to school children. The project aims to support the growing SmartLabs which promote ICT related after school hobby education that will contribute to the IT awareness of the youth a

Details

Promoter
Vaata Maailma SA/ Look@World Foundation — website
Type
Service
Status
Ended
Target groups
Unemployed and those facing social problems, Marginalised young people and children
Period
2016-01-01 – 2016-12-31
Keywords
inlcusion, digital, skills, training, ICT

Description

SmartLabs new tutors is a programme to train new tutors to deliver the highly successful SmartLabs to school children.
The project aims to support the growing SmartLabs which promote ICT related after school hobby education that will contribute to the IT awareness of the youth and will make more students choose IT professions as their future careers. In the long run the project aims to lessen youth unemployment raise the number of IT specialists in Estonia.
The training started in autumn 2016 with 200 new tutors for IT-related after school tutors taking part. The target group of these training are members of public who take an interest in the field but don't have previous knowledge or background in teaching. They might come from private sector, youth centres, parents etc. In addition, the project envisages the creation of teaching materials in robotics, programming and other topics that help to run the IT-clubs. New tutors are supported by experienced mentors who can advise on the practical issues on how to run the clubs, prepare for lessons etc.
More that 75% who took part were willing to start a IT-club/teach in an IT-club. After only 2 months 22% of participants already had started their own clubs.

Context: Estonia is the birthplace of Skype, and has a large number of developers. They are invested in making sure younger generations continue to grow the field. The country has an internet penetration of 76.5% per capita, and 70% per household. In its last parliamentary election in 2011, nearly one quarter of voters put in ballots online and via mobile phones.

Stakeholders involved: Vaata Maailma Foundation
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Microsoft Estonia
The NGO Look@World Foundation

Key learning points: NEI

Evaluation: Yes

Information sources: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/content/smartlabs-new-tutors

https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/05/estonia-drives-robotics-and-coding-education-with-smartlab-hobby-groups-backed-by-microsoft/

Read the full analysis: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/content/smartlabs-new-tutors

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