BANGKOK, 21 February 2012 – The committee overseeing the purchase of tablet computers has agreed to acquire the tablets through a government-to-government (G2G) purchase, hoping they will be in the hands of Pathom one students when the first semester starts in May.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Anudith Nakornthap said the committee led by the Education Minister will propose to the Cabinet a G2G method seeking tablets for first grade students.
Under the plan, the Chinese government will prepare 560,000 tablets at 3,400 baht each.
A committee to inspect the tablet will be set up. The tablets to be ordered will have a seven-inch touch screen, 16-gigabyte memory, and dual-core CPU; they will operate under the Android 3.2 Honeycomb system.
