All Grade 1 and some Grade 7 students in Thailand will receive free tablet computers thanks to the second phase of a Thai Government policy named "one tablet PC per child", which will be completed by December.
The Thai Ministry of Education stated on September 9 that the ministry has approved the purchase of about 800,000 tablets from China ’s Shenzhen Yitoa Intelligent Control Co. for all Grade 1 students and nearly 403,000 tablets from Jasmine Telecom Systems for Grade 7 students in the northern and northeastern provinces.
Contracts will be signed this month and the two suppliers are required to distribute the devices within 90 days of the signing ceremony.
The populist policy was launched by the Government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in 2012 in an attempt to improve some aspects in Thai education by addressing inequality and uneven standards of education quality.
All Grade 1 children in the country will be able to access the same quality of education nationwide, whether that child is an heir to a billionaire living in Bangkok or a daughter of a fisherman living in a village on an island in the southern part, it said.-VNA
The Thai Ministry of Education stated on September 9 that the ministry has approved the purchase of about 800,000 tablets from China ’s Shenzhen Yitoa Intelligent Control Co. for all Grade 1 students and nearly 403,000 tablets from Jasmine Telecom Systems for Grade 7 students in the northern and northeastern provinces.
Contracts will be signed this month and the two suppliers are required to distribute the devices within 90 days of the signing ceremony.
The populist policy was launched by the Government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in 2012 in an attempt to improve some aspects in Thai education by addressing inequality and uneven standards of education quality.
All Grade 1 children in the country will be able to access the same quality of education nationwide, whether that child is an heir to a billionaire living in Bangkok or a daughter of a fisherman living in a village on an island in the southern part, it said.-VNA
