Experts urge rethink on tablet
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Doctors yesterday urged the government to first have parents and teachers use tablet computers for four or five months before distributing them to students.
They also urged the government to seriously assess the impact these computers would have on youngsters, and if it is negative then the policy should be scrapped.
Supakij Siriluck, director of the Public Health Ministry's Policy and Strategy Bureau, said the government should not rush to distribute the tablet PCs, and should first educate parents and teachers on how best to use these devices so they can prevent them from having bad effects on children.
Dr Amporn Benjaponpitak, director of the Mental Health Technical Development Bureau at the Mental Health Department, said that once parents were trained, they would be |able to keep a close watch for inappropriate content and teach their children how best to use the devices.
Supakij urged the government to assess impact of the policy on pupils without bias for a year, and if negative impacts outweigh good ones, it should end the policy.
