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The Ministry of Education cannot find the list of schools to which the expensive computers were delivered

Officials of the Ministry of Education and Science (Ministry of Education) apparently cannot find information within their own system about which schools have received the 48 thousand purchased computers, for whose procurement process Minister Dace Melbārde initiated an internal investigation at the end of February.  Inc. has already written that the Ministry of Education has found an unprecedented way to exclude from the procurement a company that was able to provide the necessary computers […]

A “non-hallucinating” artificial intelligence assistant for teachers has been created

A platform specifically designed for the learning process has been developed – the Letonikas Skola tool, where teachers can create their own learning assistants and provide them with the necessary information by uploading digital versions of textbooks, literary works, or other materials. Using this content, the learning assistant can quiz students, answer their questions, prepare self-assessment tests, as well as evaluate their results, informs […]

Despite the declared winner, in three Riga schools children will be catered without a tender by “Baltic Restaurants Latvia”

“Contracts have been concluded with caterers in all Riga schools” – with this announcement on Thursday, August 28, came Riga Vice Mayor Vilnis Ķirsis and the acting director of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, Ivars Balamovskis. However, they did not specify whether the contracts were concluded with the winners of the procurement or with someone else. Inc. already wrote at the beginning of August that, due to the sluggishness of the Riga City Council, there was a risk that several […]