Commissioner congratulates Digital Education Hackathon winners at Presidency event

At this occasion, she congratulated the winning teams of the Digital Education Hackathon 2020. The winning projects tackled challenges of education and training in the digital age: the development of practical skills for remote and distance learning, the importance of addressing skills gaps, and teaching sexual education through digital technologies. The Digital Education Hackathon 2021, hosted by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU, will take place on 9-10 November 2021. Following the awarding ceremony, the Commissioner kicked off the Ministerial Roundtable, underlining that high quality and inclusive digital education is a political priority for the Commission. For the Digital Education Action Plan to bear fruit, close cooperation and dialogue with the Member States is vital and this event was an important step to make high quality digital education a reality for everyone across Europe.