The President of Malta, George Vella, visited the Education and Youth Board during his visit to Estonia Despite the geographical distance, the ties between our countries have been strong. Recently, especially in the field of education.
Both sides highlighted good cooperation in education. “Estonia and Malta are similar in their flexibility in adopting innovative solutions,” said Jaak Raie, General Director of the Education and Youth Board. “I am pleased that the cooperation in the field of education is so strong. Thanks to the initiative of Malta’s Ambassador Kenneth Vella, several Estonian educational technology solutions are already piloting in Malta.”
This spring Education Estonia, in cooperation with Kenneth Vella organised four webinars to introduce Estonian education and the Estonian EdTech solutions. The contacts made at the webinars resulted in the first pilot projects in the education field by Estonian Edtechs Edumus School, Triumf Health, and CTF Tech. There is also interest in the Estonian speech therapy solution Speak TX. Before that already, Maltese elementary school students had the Estonian math game 99Math on their devices.
Ambassador Kenneth Vella confirmed that Malta is interested in further expanding cooperation in education.
The Head of State of Malta George Vella and his wife are visiting Estonia in connection with the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Estonia and Malta.
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