🇪🇪Estonia scales AI in education with OpenAI’s global initiative
OpenAI has launched Education for Countries, a new pillar of its OpenAI for Countries initiative, aimed at helping governments integrate AI tools into national education systems in a structured and responsible way. Estonia is among the first participating countries.
In February, it will mark one year since Estonian President Alar Karis announced the AI Leap (TI-Hüpe) programme — setting a clear direction for AI in education: not using it the most, but using it the smartest way.
🇪🇪 Estonia has already rolled out ChatGPT Edu nationwide, reaching public universities as well as secondary school teachers and pilot students — making AI tools part of everyday learning rather than isolated experiments.
This week, Estonia also begins deploying the AI Leap (TI-Hüpe) learning app, developed by Estonian researchers, to 20,000 students in grades 10–11 across 155 high schools. Unlike conventional AI tools, the app is designed to support learning without providing ready-made answers, functioning more like a teacher than a search engine.
🧠 As Ivo Visak, CEO of AI Leap, explains:
“We believe AI in education should strengthen how students learn, not just what they know. This partnership with OpenAI supports our nationwide AI Leap program. We’re studying both the benefits and risks of AI in classrooms to ensure it truly supports learning.”
Context: Estonia’s approach positions AI not as a shortcut for answers, but as a cognitive tool — embedded into pedagogy, tested at scale, and evaluated for long-term impact. BSM@2026
Source: e-Estonia
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