Thailand
Government Initiatives
To promote the use of ICTs in the classroom, Thailand has allocated substantial money for various training programmes. About 71,442 teachers and related personnel out of 358,781 at the primary levels, and 25,000 out of 125,983 at the secondary level have been trained. Around 21 per cent of the teachers have received training to date. The content of ICT training depends on the needs of each group, but Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, Power Builder, FOXPRO, MS ACCESS, SQL, HTML, CAI have been the most requested. The training has been conducted in collaboration with Rajabhat Institutes. Currently eight of their 36 campuses nationwide are able to offer Internet training courses. These eight campuses are in different provinces and can serve as regional training centres for schools in those areas, saving on travel expenses.