Speaking at a meeting with young people on Friday afternoon, Education Minister Manastirliu, also Socialist Party’s candidate in the May 11 parliamentary elections in Tirana district, described today’s meeting as very good experience for exchanging ideas on innovative projects and startups.

“These are concrete examples of what we are doing for young people, students, and you are the testimony of policies and programs by being the first to absorb support in the field of innovation, technology or investments in the education system and employment policies for young people,” she said in remarks at the “Youth Vision Albania 2030” meeting.

She said that investments have been implemented in 450 schools to improve infrastructure with laboratories and modern standards, while the number of laboratories has reached 340 and smart labs will be installed in 1,000 schools to support the development of technology within 2026.

She hailed the smart labs programme as a significant achievement for Albania’s education system, saying that developing digital and IT skills would help students to gain more knowledge on other subjects and disciplines.

The new smart labs already installed in various schools across the country currently help more than 35 000 schoolchildren and students to enhance their digital skills, while the initiative is set to further expand to a total of 1000 smart ICT labs.

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Addressing a ceremony marking the Teachers’ Day, the government head stated that smart labs will be installed in all schools throughout Albania within the next three years as s part of the government’s project based on a unified model designed to build a new and contemporary educational infrastructure in the country.

PM Rama assured teachers of his government support to improve educational infrastructure, their working conditions and create more opportunities.

“Now you teach in a decent workplace, in schools already transformed to meet best standards. The number of IT teachers will teach their pupils and students in modern smart labs, which will be installed in every school throughout the country within the next three years,” he said.

The Premier pledged to further enrich school libraries across the country, emphasizing also the need to review curricula and textbooks in order to meet educational standards effectively.

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In her remarks during the visit, Education Minister emphasized importance of integrating digital literacy and skills with other subjects taught in school.

She hailed the smart labs programme as a significant achievement for Albania’s education system, saying that developing digital and IT skills would help students to gain more knowledge on other subjects and disciplines.

“Digital skills and information technology will help students build competence in foreign languages, science and social subjects,” Manastirliu said.

More than 340 new smart labs have been already installed in various schools across the country, currently helping more than 35 000 schoolchildren and students to enhance their digital skills, while the initiative is set to further expand to a total of 985 smart ICT labs. Overall, more than 130,000 students will benefit from the newly implemented labs.

The initiative is designed to improve education quality through the use of technology and enhance computer skills of the younger generations.

Albania has introduced ICT in elementary schools, with hands-on curricula taught in smart labs.

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Prime Minister Edi Rama welcomed the program, saying this global platform has produced some of the colossus of the digital technology.

In his speech, PM Rama focused on the Albanian government’s program on installation of smart labs in the ninth-year and high schools across the country in the next two years, based on a unified model designed to build a new and contemporary educational infrastructure in Albania.

“Smart labs will be installed in all schools in the next two years. Their installation is underway and the first stage has completed in collaboration with the Albanian-American Development Fund (AADF),” Rama said.

PM Rama said that the new smart labs are currently helping more than 35 000 schoolchildren and students across the country to enhance their digital skills, while the initiative is set to further expand to a total of 615 more schools throughout Albania.

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In a message on the social media on the International Day of Education on Friday, the government head highlighted the country’s progress on digital learning and transformation of education.

PM Rama said that the new smart labs are currently helping more than 35 000 schoolchildren and students across the country to enhance their digital skills, while the initiative is set to further expand to a total of 615 more schools throughout Albania.

“New smart labs are increasing availability of computer labs for over 35 000 students and the project will include 615 mire schools across the country,” PM Rama wrote on the social media.

The initiative is designed to improve education quality through the use of technology and enhance computer skills of the younger generations.

Albania has introduced ICT in elementary schools, with hands-on curricula taught in smart labs.

Implementation of the project’s third phase will see the establishment of 970 smart ICT labs in 627 schools across the country, increasing the availability of computer labs for students in their pre-university cycles and enhancing computer programming skills.

Overall, more than 130,000 students will benefit from the newly implemented labs annually.

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The government head said in a post on the social media said that a total of 654 Smart Labs will be installed in schools all over Albania under this project, which will provide pupils and high school students with access to state-of-the-art technology devices, including interactive digital whiteboards, laptops and small computers for programming.

PM Rama shared a video showing Ahmet Gashi nine-year schoolchildren in Tirana, an educational facility that has been equipped with digital laboratory, joining the network of over 300 Smart Labs in schools across Albania.

“Smart Labs and the whole investment so far help schoolchildren, not only to develop and improve technology literacy skills, but also learn about coding, programming and incite their creativity. All these have been included in the curricula currently being piloted in 300 schools across the country, with over 35 000 students involved. Some 50 smart labs have been already installed and have become operational in schools in Tirana, while 654 more labs will be installed in high schools throughout the country,” the Education Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said during a previous meeting at “Klodian Tanushi” school in Qesarake.

A total of 316 Smart Labs have been already installed in various schools across the country, ensuring proper infrastructure for development of new IT curriculum according to the best international experiences on the development of basic competencies in the world of computers, multimedia, computational thinking, coding and security.

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Addressing parliament after ratification of the loan agreement, the Minister of Education and Sports Ogerta Manastirliu said that a total of 654 Smart Labs will be installed in schools all over Albania under this project.

“In addition to installation of 654 Smart Smart Labs in over 600 public schools, the project will provide pupils and high school students with access to state-of-the-art technology devices, including interactive digital whiteboards, laptops and small computers for programming, the project envisages capacity building, updating the ICT curriculum, training and continuous professional development of teachers for the ICT subject, as well as providing support materials for teachers and students,” Education Minister told lawmakers.

She underlined that a total of 316 Smart Labs have been already installed in various schools across the country, ensuring proper infrastructure for development of new IT curriculum according to the best international experiences on the development of basic competencies in the world of computers, multimedia, computational thinking, coding and security.

The funding is earmarked to co-finance the implementation of ‘smart labs’ in over 600 schools nationwide, focusing on information and communication technology (ICT). The initiative aims to enhance internet access for approximately 150,000 students and facilitate capacity-building programmes for educators.

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The training program takes place under the second phase of a project co-funded by the World Bank and Albanian government to establish 216 smart labs in 200 schools across the country, aimed at increasing the availability of computer labs for students in their pre-university cycles and enhancing computer programming skills.

The first phase of the training program included 200 school principals and 52 officials from the regional pre-university education offices.

The Minister of Education and Sports Ogerta Manastirliu attended a training session at the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Tirana. Education Minister highlighted importance of the training program to improve digital skills of the educational staff.

“One of the most important components in our strategy aimed at increasing the teachers skills and professionalism focusing on the increase of competences and digital skills, training teachers with the most effective teaching methods, including the necessary digital skills to integrate into the teaching curriculum,” Manastirliu said.

A total of 216 smart labs have been already installed and more than 35,000 schoolchildren have benefited digital skills from this Albanian government investment.

Under this project, more than 640 smart labs will be established in schools across the country, increasing the availability of computer labs for students in their pre-university cycles and enhancing computer programming skills.

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Under this project, more than 680 smart labs will be established in 627 schools across the country, increasing the availability of computer labs for students in their pre-university cycles and enhancing computer programming skills.

In his remarks at launch of the National Professional Development Program for Teachers, Rama said that the project will be implemented through assistance from the international partners, including the European Union and the World Bank.

“I think that the alliance with our partners is very significant and that’s why we have invited the World Bank, which, for the very first time, figuring out this incredible need and this almost alarming challenge, has made a strategic change to its portfolio by making a significant part of it available to education and digitization in particular, and thanks to the WB support we will establish hundreds of more smart labs in various schools this year,” PM Rama said.

The Premier also noted that the European Union, for the very first time in its history, had altered its approach by employing new financial tools for a non-EU state that has launched the accession talks and by including Albanian universities in the alliance of the European universities.

“Now, with the new growth plan announced by the European Commission for our countries, primarily thanks to our perseverance and efforts, Albania has demanded that it can be seen differently during this process and therefore we will be able to allocate more funds to support economic growth, but focusing also on education,” he said.

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On this special day for all students, who start new challenges in the journey of knowledge, Prime Minister Edi Rama visited the Jeronim De Rada 9-year school  in Tirana, where Information Technology and Communication (ITC) is included in the school’s curriculum for first graders for the first grade.

To this end, the school was equipped with a new Smart Digital Laboratory in this school, which was inaugurated today and which will be part of the teaching cabinets in at least 100 public basic education schools across the country.

Prime Minister Rama, together with the Minister of Education and Sports Evis Kushi and the Minister of State for Youth and Children Bora Muzhaqi visited the New Smart Laboratory, which has been received with interest by pupils and teaching staff.  The Director for Innovation at the National Agency for Information Society introduced the new Information Technology and Communication curriculum, with pupils expected to be taught the coding skills through a platform named Code Monkey, an educational computer coding environment that allows beginners to learn computer programming concepts and languages.

In his remarks, the government head Edi Rama said that special attention should be attached to teaching coding programs to young people and preparing them for a new labour market.

“We plan to install an initial batch of 100 IT labs in various schools across the country in collaboration with the Albanian-American Development Fund ( AADF.) In the meantime, a programme is being developed in cooperation with the World Bank and financial assistance will be provided to make sure that the system expands to include all schools throughout the country within a reasonable time. It is essential that we provide adults with the opportunity to embark in a deep coding stage and develop skills through their know-how to adapt to a completely different labour market. We will expand all the coding programmes in collaboration with the private sector and enterprises so that we create a completely new generation that is already taking shape, but that we need to promote and make sure that a considerable number of young people develop skills and take up jobs in a completely labour market, the online labour market,” the Premier said.

The ITC curriculum for the first grade is designed to build on the basis of knowledge and digital skills development for pupils at an early age, respecting the age framework and the initial level of knowledge of these schoolchildren.

This curriculum – devised in collaboration with international British experts at the AADF, the Quality Assurance Agency of Pre-University Education (ASCAP) specialists, the National Agency of the Information Society (AKSHI) specialists, representatives from the Ministry of State for Children and Youth – helps in developing the main field and competences through 4 main themes: Computer world, Introduction to multimedia, Computational thinking and coding, and computer security.

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