Bhutan e-Government Master Plan creating the groundswell towards empowering for sustained the institutional capacity leaders have been of and effective Bhutan completed and and change. building The first steps infrastructural the results well-received and by all stakeholders. As the project progresses and touches more and more citizens, it is an opportune time to plan and phase will initiate the next phase for ICT capacity development. leverage on the fertile ground manpower and existence of enabling capabilities which will create prepared processes, momentum by availability to develop towards The next of trained knowledge achieving the creation vision of a knowledge-enabled Bhutan. There is a need to extend and expand the outcomes envisaged during Chiphen Bhutanese citizens Chiphen and Rigpel project institutions that and were reach not an covered additional 30,000 under current the Rigpel. For the next phase, the Government should continue to explore possibility on general ICT capability development. To supplement Government its needs for more specialised should consider engaging develop customized and training institutions like localized the the Royal ICT Institute and training of advanced ICT training, University of Bhutan courses, System and Science (RUB) to engaging under the foreign the National University of Singapore to develop e-Government leaders and ICT professionals. Current ChiphenRigpel training according to user’s/learner’s Dzongkha language applications for curricula requirement. computing. For word-processing, should be Emphasis instance, revisited should when users spreadsheets, and also are database be crafted given trained on to use management, presentations, page layout and graphics they need to be taught how to use these applications with Dzongkha. Those learning to develop websites, databases, and other applications need to know how to develop for Dzongkha as well as English. Both ICT professionals and users need to have better knowledge in Dzongkha computing. To this end relevant material and capability needs to be included in the curricula for ICT courses in schools, colleges and private training institutions. DITT/MoIC Development will with lead MoE the and planning MoLHR for the next as participating phase for ICT Capability agencies. The estimated project cost for implementing the next phase of ICT capability development is Nu. 1000m.

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