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[Wayan Vota]

Here is an interesting development in Thailand after the recent election that brought Thaksin's party back into power: a one tablet per child program:

FREE TABLET PCS

- The new government has promised free tablet computers for about 800,000 new school children each year for six years beginning in January. Puea Thai says these would cost between 3,000 and 5,000 baht ($100 to $160) each and operate with open-source software, possibly from India or China.

NOTE: Olarn Chaipravat, a senior figure in Puea Thai's economic team, told Reuters the project would cost about 4 billion baht ($131 million) a year. The idea has divided educators with some saying it will do more harm than good.

The project is a continuation of the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) adopted by Yingluck's brother, Thaksin, but scrapped when he was ousted in a 2006 coup.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/9823791/factbox-policy-pledges-of-thailands-incoming-government/