The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation of Montenegro has signed a four-year partnership with Oracle Academy that will extend free access to technology education resources to schools, teachers and pupils across the country.
Scope and reach
According to Oracle’s announcement, the agreement is the third consecutive partnership between the ministry and Oracle Academy since collaboration began in 2018. Over the next four years the programme will support roughly 220 educational institutions, about 400 educators and nearly 4,000 students with access to curriculum, software, cloud technologies and educator professional development.
- The agreement runs for four years and continues a partnership that started in 2018.
- Beneficiaries include: approximately 220 institutions, 400 educators and almost 4,000 students.
- Support covers curriculum, cloud technologies, software and teacher professional development.
Why the partnership matters
The ministry framed the renewed agreement as integral to its digital transformation strategy for education. In the statement announcing the partnership, Prof. Dr. Anđela Jakšić‑Stojanović, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, said the cooperation would provide “several thousand of our students and teachers with free access to top‑quality educational materials and technologies that are shaping the modern world.”
“The continuation of our cooperation with Oracle represents an exceptionally important step within the strategy for the digital transformation of the education system. Through the Oracle Academy program, we will provide several thousand of our students and teachers with free access to top-quality educational materials and technologies that are shaping the modern world,” said Prof. Dr. Anđela Jakšić‑Stojanović.
She added that the programme aims to equip young people with “the digital skills that are essential for the modern era” and to offer teachers up‑to‑date support and resources. The ministry characterised the partnership as a contribution to building a knowledge‑based society.
Oracle’s regional representative, Bojan Jevtic, director for EMEA Mid Market Exadata Platform at Oracle Serbia & Montenegro Ltd., said the partnership demonstrated a shared commitment to preparing students for an increasingly digital world by providing educators with quality curriculum and professional development.
Details at a glance
| Item | Number |
|---|---|
| Educational institutions covered | ~220 |
| Educators | ~400 |
| Students | ~4,000 |
| Agreement length | 4 years |
Implications for classrooms
The programme foregrounds two familiar elements of modern school reform: access to digital learning materials and teacher upskilling. Free access to vendor curriculum and cloud tools can reduce immediate costs for schools and give educators ready‑made resources. Professional development for teachers is particularly important in translating technology access into improved classroom practice.
At the same time, successful implementation will depend on factors the announcement does not detail: reliable internet and network infrastructure at schools, ongoing local support for teachers as they adopt new materials, and alignment between vendor content and national curricula. These are common implementation challenges when ministries partner with technology providers.
For small countries and education systems seeking to expand digital skills, the Montenegro–Oracle Academy agreement provides a model of sustained collaboration that combines content, tools and teacher development rather than one‑off donations. The next step for observers will be to monitor how the resources are integrated into teaching practice and whether targeted support reaches teachers and learners in more remote or under‑resourced schools.
The ministry and Oracle will oversee programme delivery over the four‑year term outlined in the agreement, continuing a partnership that began in 2018.
