One Tablet plan aids industry

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ONE YEAR ON

Critical logistics, training snafus remain

Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Business

The Yingluck Shinawatra administration's One Tablet per Child scheme has shaken up the country's information technology industry, stimulating tablet computer sales to record growth, say industry veterans.

Sales are expected to increase by 177% to 1.3 million devices this year, with the rapid growth expected to continue.

But the experts caution that for some schools with large student populations, it cannot yet be "one tablet per child" as envisioned.

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thornyside
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Discussion 3 : 19 Aug 2012 at 16.563
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You can now buy the same spec tablet for US$ 35 on alibaba.com! Go have a look. Where does the difference up to US$ 82 go? That is what the taxpayers should be asking about!
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Discussion 2 : 18 Aug 2012 at 15.402
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It was a pity the Tablet was procured from china.There is a problem though with the operating system these children are developing skills with a different system to the one they will be subject to in industry.That is a pity. Let us see how well it is doing 15 months down the road.
When the budget was done did anyone allow for teacher training that operation will be expensive with either trainers visiting schools or the teachers visiting the experts at various locations.I suspect the training will take more than a day to do it successfully. Or it could be done using open learning as a substitute but that requires total dedication from the student.This was a ideal opportunity to asses and retrain teachers where found necessary.
.IF it is done on the cheep then the idea will fall.
MY credentials a retired national training manager in the UK.
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Discussion 1 : 17 Aug 2012 at 09.381
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As it certainly would appear the one tablet per child program is full steam ahead, it is now time for the Thai private sectore, assisted by MOE, to develop a tablet locally for the project. It is silly to rely on a Chinese company to supply tablets for this purpose. There is absolutely no reason a tablet cannot be produced in Thailand at an even lower price than the current market is seeing.
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