Tiigrihüpe

Tiigrihüpe (Estonian for Tiger Leap) was a project undertaken by the Republic of Estonia to heavily invest in development and expansion of computer and network infrastructure in Estonia, with a particular emphasis on education.

An important primary effect of the project was rollout of Internet access to all Estonian schools, which effectively ended UUCP usage in Estonia, combined with updating computer labs in all schools to use IBM PC compatible Wintel computers, where Estonian CP/M based school computer Juku introduced in 1988 was still widely used.

[1] Although outdated for 1990s, Jukus did enable Estonia to "gain a head start in mass school computerization" by providing early access to computers and a standardized study environment.

This project has been nicknamed Tiger Defence (Estonian: Tiigrikaitse) by analogy with Tiigrihüpe.

Firstly, the ProgeTiiger program[4] to improve technological literacy and digital competence of teachers and students, and IT Academy[5] – a cooperation and development program between the state, the ICT sector companies and universities aimed to improve the quality of higher ICT education.