Innovative Collaboration Between Students and Companies

The project creates a collaboration model where high school students, companies, and local municipalities work together on real-life development challenges. Students gain practical experience in economics and entrepreneurship, while companies benefit from fresh ideas and new perspectives.

The project helps connect school learning with real life and gives young people the opportunity to contribute to local development already during their studies.

Project Content

The aim of the project is to bring practical entrepreneurial experience into upper secondary education and to develop an effective collaboration model between schools, companies, and municipalities.

As part of the project:

• Collaboration projects are carried out in five Estonian schools in partnership with companies and local municipalities
• Real-life development challenges are addressed, and idea prototypes are created
• Students’ analytical, collaboration, and presentation skills are developed
• Companies and experts are involved in the learning process
• Learning materials and tools are created for wider implementation of the model

Students participating in the project have developed solutions that partners consider realistic and practically applicable.

Broader Goals and Impact

The project helps bring more practical experience into school education and strengthens young people’s connection to the world of work.

In the long term, the project contributes to:

• The development of students’ entrepreneurial mindset and economic knowledge
• Stronger cooperation between schools and businesses
• More informed educational and career choices among students