Title: A 'smarter' Thailand through ICT
Authors: Lay Cheng Tan and Rojana Manowalailao
Source: Bangkok Post
Publisher: The Post Publishing Public Company Limited
Date published: 28/07/2009
Date accessed: 09/08/2009
Type of information: newspaper article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
"A "Smarter Thailand" with "Smarter People" and a "Smarter Government" - this is the main goal of Thailand's second Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Master Plan for 2009-2013, drafted by the National Electronic and Computer Technology Center (Nectec).

Progress in the use of ICT in education has been very slow and uneven.

ICT literacy as a goal

The plan aims to increase Thailand's ICT readiness to enable the country to become a major competitor in the global market.

One of its objectives is to encourage 50 percent of the population above 15 years old to be ICT-literate and able to use computers in all areas of their lives.

Human resource development and capacity building will be a major strategy for meeting this target. "

See also:
Second National ICT Master Plan 2552-2556 (2009-2013)
Some further information based on the rough translation of the original document.