Digital transformation of education in schools

• The annual allocation for the implementation and use of ICT is around EUR 6 per pupil per year from the pupil basket.
• In 2024, between 1 and 21 pupils in the schools assessed were using one computer for learning.
• The Task Bank on the Education Portal has 4% of tasks adapted for pupils with special educational needs.

Digital teaching tools are used by the majority of teachers, but the digital transformation of education in general education schools is still insufficiently effective. There is a lack of user-friendly and secure digital teaching tools, it is necessary to improve the digital competences of teachers and school leaders, and to ensure the state investments for the continuity of digital transformation of education. This is shown by the audit "Digital Transformation of Education in Schools" carried out by the National Audit Office.

"Digital transformation has already reached the country's schools, but our audit shows that not all children are yet provided with equal learning conditions: some schools lack computers, and children with special needs are still not provided with digital tasks," says Mindaugas Macijauskas, Auditor General.

The audit found that, since 2010, the annual allocation for the implementation and use of ICT (e.g. acquisition of computer equipment, internet, salaries of computer support staff) has been around EUR 6 per pupil per year. From 2021, EUR 10-30 per pupil per year will be allocated for digital development (e.g. acquisition of licences for digital learning tools), based on how much the state can allocate.

93% of the teachers surveyed in 2024-2025 were using digital teaching/learning tools, including about 65% using digital teaching tools available on the Education Portal (which aims to provide access to educational information and electronic services for education staff, pupils and their parents). Some teachers used the tools they found themselves, not all of them were aware of the update of the Education Portal, therefore the auditors recommended that schools should be provided with periodic information on updates.

The audit shows that teachers lack digital teaching tools for working with pupils with special educational needs (e.g. hearing, vision and speech impairments), especially in mathematics and foreign languages. The Task Bank on the Education Portal provides 4% (287 out of 7 700) of the tasks adapted for pupils with special educational needs.

According to the auditors, in 2024, there were four pupils using one computer in the country's schools, and three pupils in the sample of 80 schools. This varied by a factor of around three in the municipalities (between 2 and 6 pupils using one computer) and by a factor of more than 16 in the sample schools. 29% of schools had fewer computers available for learning than the maximum number of pupils participating in the electronic achievement test. In these cases, schools borrow computers from other schools or the other school provides a room with computers. The number of schools selected for assessment that lack computers for the achievement tests is decreasing each year.

Implementation of the recommendations made by the National Audit Office will make digital technologies more accessible to teachers and pupils, and make general education more personalised, interactive and inclusive. By July 2028, the proportion of schools that have assessed their digitalisation level at least once every 3 years will reach 60% (currently 17.5%).

For more information on the digital transformation of education in general education schools, see the interactive map.