The Ministry of Education will propose smart classrooms for every school at a meeting with the National Council for Peace and Order (NPCO) today.
The classrooms will include up-to-date technology and interactive software suitable for schoolchildren.
The proposal marks a departure from the deposed government's "one tablet per child" policy.
The tablet policy will continue for the 2013 academic year, said the ministry's permanent secretary for education, Sutthasri Wongsamarn.
But in the 2014 academic year, the tablet policy could be replaced with smart classrooms instead.
The issue will be discussed further with the NCPO today.
Ms Sutthasri said a study conducted by the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) into tablet use could help staff as they look for a suitable solution to future schemes.
Although Obec has already drafted tablet specifications for the 2014 academic year, it won't be too late to review the overall pattern of the tablet policy, she said.
"We want to reconsider the project for the maximum benefit of the children," said Ms Sutthasri.
Research, conducted by Srinakarinwirot University two years ago, suggested Prathom 1 students (Grade 1) are too young to learn from tablets.
The idea of smart classrooms was earlier proposed by Assoc Prof Dr Pawich Thongrot, vice education minister, but was rejected by the tablet committee last January.
All ministries have been asked to present plans to help move the country forward in meetings with the NCPO at 9am today.
Any plans with steep budgets require NCPO approval.
Ms Sutthasri met ministerial executives and state authorities yesterday to discuss the country’s situation and to relay NCPO guidelines she had been given during a meeting with the NCPO on Sunday.
The NCPO divided the administration into six categories: security, economy, psychological and social welfare, law and justice, special operations and agencies.
The Ministry of Education came under the psychological and social welfare field, which falls under the supervision of navy chief Adm Narong Pipattanasai.
"At the meeting, we were urged to help solve social problems, focusing on people's psychological welfare during the current unrest,” said Ms Sutthasri.
At the meeting today the ministry will have to seek approval to continue the delayed second-phase of the "one tablet per child" policy for zone 4 (northern and northeastern provinces), to procure 402,889 tablets for Mathayom 1 (Grade 7) students and their teachers.
The phase will cost more than 873 million baht.