Thailand Government Cancels OLPC Participation

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday November 27, 2006 @05:45PM from the roll-a-hard-six dept.

patiwat writes "Thailand's new junta-appointed Education Minister has cancelled Thailand's participation in the One Laptop Per Child project and scrapped a plan to give a 2B1 laptop to every primary school student. He has also cancelled plans to roll out computers and a broadband connection to every single school in Thailand. The cancellation of half a million scholarships for needy students is being studied. He cited the lack of readiness of teachers and the need to focus on basic education standards. "We will not focus too much on technology and materials. We will focus on substance," he said. This comes on the heels of the cancellation of the Thai government's open source policy."

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Consultation fees by aussie_a · 2006-11-27 17:52 · Score: -1, Flamebait

And this just in, Thailand's new junta-appointed Education Minister has been given a substantial amount of money from Microsoft for consultation fees. When asked, Microsoft said "While we do believe that handing out laptops wasn't the correct direction for Thailand considering most of the computers already run Windows, it was most definitely not a bribe. Thailand's new junta-appointed Education Minister was consulted on completely unrelated matters. Trust us."