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12 May DigiCLASS

12 May, 2026

Posted at 13:58h in Current projects, Projects by Dea Kralj

The DigiCLASS (Digital Competence Levels ASsessment in School education) Erasmus+ project addresses the urgent need to develop common and effective strategies for assessing digital competences across the EU in the school sector. Currently, such assessment is significantly fragmented and thus weakened, as Member States adopt widely differing pedagogical approaches and policy frameworks. DigiCLASS aims to support the assessment of digital skills in primary and secondary education (including IVET) by adapting and extending the proven Pix platform across Europe.

Built on the European DigComp framework, Pix is an adaptive and engaging platform that assesses digital skills across a wide range of topics and proficiency levels. Since its rollout in all general and TVET secondary schools in France in 2019, it has become the official platform for digital skills assessment and certification in the country, assessing over 4.5 million pupils annually and issuing 1.6 million certifications each year. Pix is also largely used in Belgium, in cooperation with Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, in the framework of education and training public policies. The platform also has users at smaller scales in more than 40 countries worldwide.

Running from March 2026 to October 2028, DigiCLASS is a forward-looking project bringing together 7 full partners from 6 EU countries and various associated partners, including Ministries of Education, universities, and digital learning organisations. The project is structured around six work packages covering needs analysis and mapping of digital skills in the participating countries, adaptation of Pix content, piloting in schools, impact assessment, and dissemination. Through this collaborative approach, DigiCLASS seeks to create a shared, scalable, and practical European model for digital skills assessment in primary and secondary education (for students aged between 12 and 19 years old).

Objectives

The DigiCLASS project aims more precisely at:

Conducting a comprehensive analysis and mapping of the current practices, policies, and needs related to digital skills education and assessment in primary and secondary education across participating countries and at the European level;
Adapting and contextualising the Pix assessment framework, content, and platform to meet the linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical needs of each participating country (Austria, Italy and Spain);
Piloting the adapted Pix platform in real-life primary and secondary school environments across Austria, Italy and the Aragon region in Spain, testing both pedagogical integration and assessment methodologies;
Evaluating the impact of the piloted assessments and formulating policy recommendations for wider adoption and scalability across the EU;
Disseminating the results and methodology widely and building a sustainable European community of practice around digital skills assessment.

Impact

Approximately 60 schools, in Austria, Italy and the Aragon region, will participate in DigiCLASS, reaching a total of 4 500 students throughout the project’s duration. 150 teachers will be trained in the use of the Pix platform, while the creation of 3 national and a European communities of practice will allow for the exchange of experience around the assessment of digital skills and competences of primary and secondary education students.

Consortium composition

The 7-members consortium gathers expertise from 6 EU Member States, all with recognised and complementary pedagogical, scientific and operational expertise on digital skills assessment and training, as well as project management:

France: GIP Pix (coordinator), a public, non-profit French organisation managing the public service for the assessment, development and certification of digital skills, available on the Pix platform;
Italy: Egina, a VET-accredited private training agency and specialist in the design and implementation of EU projects, with proven experience in digital transformation and teacher training;
Austria: GTN, the main developer of Austria’s eEducation portal, which serves over 4,200 schools of eEducation network, and consults for German and Austrian ministries on digital competence frameworks;
Spain:
- the Government of Aragon, more specifically the Department of Education, is responsible for the education system in one of Spain’s autonomous communities. It brings direct access to a network of public primary and secondary schools, and operational capacity to coordinate piloting activities at school level,
- the University San Jorge, a non-profit university, part of the San Valero Education Group, with a dedicated Faculty of Education and a strong focus on pedagogical innovation, ICT integration, and teacher training;
Greece: the Hellenic Open University, Greece’s only national distance-learning university, with over 40,000 students and strong expertise in adult and lifelong learning, and vocational training;
Belgium: All Digital, a pan-European network of 116 member organisations and 25,000 digital competence centres in 32 countries, running major training and certification initiatives.

In addition, the following 9 associated partners, forming the International Pedagogical Committee, will support the project. These include:

Ministry of Education, France
Ministries of Education of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and the Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium
Ministry of Education, Austria
Ministry of Education, Italy
Ministry of Education, Slovakia
Ministry of Education, Luxembourg
Dansk IT, Denmark
Lifelong Learning Platform, Belgium

The French Ministry of Education and Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, which already widely use Pix in secondary education, will contribute by sharing their experience, while others will bring their pedagogical expertise all along the project and contribute to the sustainability and scalability of results.

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