Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies
Thailand's national initiative on ICT usage in schools was launched in 1995 by the country's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) under the pilot project known as the Thailand School Communication Network (more com...
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| description | Thailand's national initiative on
ICT usage in schools was launched in 1995 by the
country's National Electronics and Computer Technology
Center (NECTEC) under the pilot project known as the
Thailand School Communication Network (more commonly
referred to as 'SchoolNet'). The main objectives
of SchoolNet were to network schools inside and outside
Bangkok; to connect them to the Internet; and to promote the
use of the Internet for teaching and learning in schools.
After operating for eight years, the project was transferred
from NECTEC to the Ministry of Education (MOE) and served as
the foundation for the country's national educational
network. Experience from SchoolNet Thailand provides useful
lessons related to what can be achieved by small groups with
vision and passion; how to operate without dedicated budget
allocations from government in the start-up phase; the
important role of support from widely respected and
influential people outside the particular line ministries in
starting something new; how to transition from a small and
dynamic pilot initiative into a large government
bureaucracy; and the importance of cooperation among related
agencies across ministries. |
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| spelling | wb-10986-263132025-04-10T15:28:58Z Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies Lessons from Thailand (Schoolnet Thailand) Rattankhamfu, Saowaruj ICT EDUCATION INTERNET EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY Thailand's national initiative on ICT usage in schools was launched in 1995 by the country's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) under the pilot project known as the Thailand School Communication Network (more commonly referred to as 'SchoolNet'). The main objectives of SchoolNet were to network schools inside and outside Bangkok; to connect them to the Internet; and to promote the use of the Internet for teaching and learning in schools. After operating for eight years, the project was transferred from NECTEC to the Ministry of Education (MOE) and served as the foundation for the country's national educational network. Experience from SchoolNet Thailand provides useful lessons related to what can be achieved by small groups with vision and passion; how to operate without dedicated budget allocations from government in the start-up phase; the important role of support from widely respected and influential people outside the particular line ministries in starting something new; how to transition from a small and dynamic pilot initiative into a large government bureaucracy; and the importance of cooperation among related agencies across ministries. 2017-03-29T21:50:15Z 2017-03-29T21:50:15Z 2016 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452451488299011269/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Thailand-Schoolnet-Thailand https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26313 10.1596/26313 English en_US SABER-ICT Technical Paper Series;No. 14 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
| spellingShingle | ICT EDUCATION INTERNET EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY Rattankhamfu, Saowaruj Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies |
| title | Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies |
| title_full | Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies |
| title_fullStr | Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies |
| title_short | Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies |
| title_sort | building and sustaining national ict education agencies |
| topic | ICT EDUCATION INTERNET EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY |
| url | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452451488299011269/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Thailand-Schoolnet-Thailand https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26313 |
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