This system is slated to effect a tremendous change in the way registered companies file documents, issue tax invoices and receipts, and is aimed to cause an essential reduction in cost and paper use while empowering e-commerce business, said Prowmatr Huntra, Principal Advisor on ICT, Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance, Thailand.
Anudith Nakornthap, Minister of the Information and Communications Technology Ministry (ICT) said on Friday that the ministry was allocated a new budget of 27.15 million U.S. dollars to expand the free wifi coverage which is currently available at 200,000 spots nationwide.
The service is partly to facilitate first grade students who have been given free tablet computers for education under the government’s “Smart Thailand” policy, he said.
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Satainrattanaram School was selected to be the first of the six schools to try out “Braincloud Solution” to connect school via the tablets to the network provided by the government to enable students and teachers to access learning materials, courseware, educational resources, and teachers in Bangkok.
“We are now progressing the development of this new app that would warn everything about disaster warnings and provide related information such as disaster monitoring, and water flow,” said Khaosuwan.
Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanjana revealed last week that the government had decided to organise four e-auctions on the same day because the purchase involve a large number of devices. The government also encouraged both Thai and foreign companies to participate in the auctions.
The purchase is for the nationwide roll out of the world’s largest education IT to give away tablets to every first grade students and seventh grade students under the government campaign promise of ‘One Tablet Per Child’ policy following this year’s distribution of nearly 900,000 units given to first graders nationwide.
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