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Tekwill in Every School

Moldova · Chisinau · See the Moldova profile

A Moldovan public-private partnership delivers free coding, AI and design e-courses to over half the country's high schools, training 1,000+ teachers and reaching 50,000+ students since 2018.

333 ~60% of Moldovan high schools

Schools reached (by 2023)

77 (2020) → +157 (2021) → +99 (2022)

Schools onboarded

1,000+

Teachers trained (2018-present)

~500

Teachers who switched curriculum (Pascal to Python/C++)

1,500+

Teachers trained in Flipped Classroom method

50,000+

Students engaged in at least one course

2,000+

Student-built tech projects

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: ATIC (Moldovan Association of Private ICT Companies), with USAID, UNDP Moldova, Government of Sweden and Ministry of Education, Culture and Research
Period: 2018-present
Keywords: digital skills, ICT education, coding, entrepreneurship, public-private partnership, teacher training, youth employment

Context

Tekwill in Every School is a national digital-skills programme launched via a June 2018 MoU between ATIC (Moldovan Association of Private ICT Companies) and Moldova's Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, funded by USAID, UNDP Moldova and the Government of Sweden. It delivers free coding, web/app development, design, AI and business-planning electives to students aged 13-19 through an online platform and 34 school-based Digital Labs.

Results

The programme scaled from a 77-school pilot (2020) to 157 more schools (2021) and 99 more (2022), reaching 333 schools (~60% of Moldova's high schools) by 2023, with 1,000+ teachers trained (about 500 switching from Pascal to Python/C++), 1,500+ teachers trained in the Flipped Classroom method, 50,000+ students engaged, and 2,000+ student-built tech projects.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-09
ATIC (Moldovan Association of Private ICT Companies), with USAID, UNDP Moldova, Government of Sweden and Ministry of Education, Culture and Research — accessed 2026-07-09
HundrED profile — accessed 2026-07-09
UNDP Moldova press release — accessed 2026-07-09
Tekwill Programme Report 2020 (PDF) — accessed 2026-07-09

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Quality score: 72/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 31% in this catalogue (573 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level3/5

A coordinated public-private model (ATIC, USAID, UNDP, Sweden, Ministry of Education) embedding coding/AI electives and teacher retraining into the school system via 34 dedicated Digital Labs, rather than a single novel technology.

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

Running continuously from the June 2018 MoU through at least the 2022/23 school year with multi-year, multi-donor funding and Ministry of Education institutional buy-in.

Evaluation evidence0/1

All published figures (schools connected, students engaged, teachers trained) are self-reported by the implementing association and its funders; no independent third-party evaluation of learning or employment outcomes was found.

Demonstrated reach1/1

HundrED's curated profile and UNDP both report 333 schools (60% of Moldovan high schools) and 50,000+ students engaged in at least one course, consistent across independent domains.

Documented learning1/1

A dedicated 2020 programme report documents year-by-year rollout (77 to 157 to 99 schools) and teacher progression, showing tracked implementation over time.

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