Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

AI in the Estonian Education System: AI Leap

2:00 am

Ms Laura Kalda:

The answer to both questions is the same. The AI Leap student track aims to enhance students' learning skills. The question is whether the exams evaluate the learning skills or something else. We are also measuring the change in their learning skills. We are happy if they improve, even if the exam results do not change. We are only in tenth and 11th grade.

In our case, we have let 12th graders be because they have exams. Next year we will have 12th graders as well. We are not very concerned about exams. We are concerned about the ability to create, think critically, be self-motivated and have life and learning skills. We are not focused on exam results.