Estonia might lose its edge in education, which in turn would affect the competitiveness of the country, if no rapid and fundamental changes are made in the situation of teachers.
Viive-Riina Ruus
emeritus professor, Tallinn University
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Estonia might lose its edge in education, which in turn would affect the competitiveness of the country, if no rapid and fundamental changes are made in the situation of teachers.
The article gives an overview of the academic results of students at Estonian general educational institutions in comparison with international results, and describes the risks posed to Estonian general education.
Estonian education faces four possible paths: to continue with the curriculum adopted in 2002 (RÕK 2002); to use the general part of the curriculum prepared by the University of Tartu curriculum development centre as a basis; to use as a basis the general part of the curriculum prepared by Bit/Avita; or to adapt the curriculum of the Republic of Finland.