Notice: Right now the development of Deer Leap master plan is in intitial phase and because of that, most of the resources in this portal are available for workgroup members only.

About the project

Deer Leap is a national target project that initiates and stimulates the educational system in Georgia in the rapidly changing world with introduction of modern information and communication technology. The project is first and foremost aimed at general education, but it involves also basic and vocational education. The project helps to prepare a Master Plan for Georgian Deer Leap programme and will utilize the experience of similar and very successful project that gave impetus for the development of information society in Estonia.

- to help local governments in developing IT infrastructure of schools, including support for establishment of Internet connections in schools;

- to provide Georgian teachers with elementary computer skills, and guide them to use the opportunities provided by modern information technologies in teaching their subjects;

- to support curriculum development with the assistance of an interactive learning environment promoting learning skills;

- to encourage the creation of original software on Georgian language, culture, history, and nature in accordance with the National Curriculum;

- to support schools in establishment of Internet connections.

The preparation of the Master Plan for Deer Leap programme is carried out in cooperation with:

Estonian e-Government Academy (http://www.ega.ee)

Tiger Leap Foundation of Estonia (http://www.tiigrihype.ee);

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (http://www.mfa.ee);

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

Regional Development Agency of Georgia

Tallinn Pedagogical University, Centre for Educational Technology (http://www.htk.tpu.ee)

P.S. If you would like to participate in the development of the national strategy for Deer Leap, don't hesitate to send your application to Mart Laanpere: mart.laanpere@tpu.ee and you will be registered as a member of this collaboration portal. You will receive user account and rights to comment the documents in this portal.