Pattaya Students To Receive First Free Tablet Computers

Pattaya students to receive first free tablet computers

PATTAYA:--Pattaya first-graders will receive 1,500 tablet computers as part of the national government’s “one tablet per child” initiative.

Pattaya Education Office Director Jintana Maensurin said the Prathom 1 pupils will be allowed to keep the Chinese-made, Android-powered tablets for two years, using them in class and at home to study reading and writing.

“I believe that the one tablet per child project will help innovate the education system,” she said, adding, “The tablets will have software to prevent children from accessing the Internet inappropriately.”

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra proposed the “one tablet per child” initiative as part of her election campaign last year. The government this year purchased 860,000 seven-inch “Scopads” from supplier Shenzhen Scope for $81 each as part in a government-to-government purchase. Pattaya is one of the last cities to receive its allotment

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-- Pattaya Mail 2012-11-10