The COVID-19 pandemic has impelled societies to adhere to abnormal working conditions and learning of new practices. In many cases, it has brought about the migration of urban dwellers to the countryside. To ensure continuity of the use of digital tools in the countryside, there is the need to develop and upgrade the rural communities which has largely been ignored due to the economic focus in the urban centers. In this paper, we adapted the Smart Rural Development model (SRDm) to explain how Smart education could be harnessed for promoting Smart rural initiatives. Based on our analysis of the current peripheral premise in the framework of SRDm, we argue that successful implementations of Smart education in the rural settings are determined by the modernization of strategic policy and locally supporting capacity development. Our position in this paper will guide policy formulation regarding the digitalisation efforts within the business clusters, SMEs and regional stakeholders in the rural communities.