Bhutan e-Government Master Plan
3.
Enhance
ICT
Provision
in Schools
to
Implement
Programmes
in the
ICT
Masterplan for Education
Internet connectivity would be available to all schools, and computer labs in
schools would
be equipped
to bring down
computers
to students
ratio by
1:30 for Primary Schools and 1:10 for Secondary Schools.
The lead agencies to implement programs in the ICT Masterplan for Education would
be the Department of School Education (DSE),
and
Development
(DCRD)
and
Policy
Department of Curriculum,
and
Planning
Division
Research
(PPD)
and
the
collaborating agencies would be Department of Information Technology and Telecom
under
Ministry
of
Information
and
Communications
(DITT/MoIC)
and
the
Royal
Education Council (REC). The Masterplan will be developed within end of 2013.
ICT Masterplan for Finance
ICT
can
re-shape
operational
and
and
transform
decision
making
the
financial
processes,
financial services for the people,
businesses,
In the Government
Ministry
sector,
the
sector.
Besides
improving
ICT can evolve a whole
new
existing
range of
and the Government.
of Finance
vision to “steer and sustain a robust economy
(MoF)
is guided
through a fiscal
by the strong
policy and culture of
fiscal discipline”. MoF formulates and implements dynamic fiscal policies and sound
financial
management
allocation,
through
maximization
of
resource
prudent expenditure and debt management,
and
generation,
efficient
proper accountability of
public resources.
While MoF
has been an early advocate of ICT adoption in the Government,
the ICT
systems that currently support the ministry’s functions are disparate and archaic. The
systems
were
not
designed
sharing, and ease of use and
inefficiencies
as
well
as
to
ensure
data
information
technology
Management
System
Management
System
Revenue
(PEMS),
Administration
Some
an
Common
access,
integrated
resource
Wealth
Bhutan
Management
approach
to
of these systems include the Macro
Multi Year Rolling Budget (MYRB),
(CS-DRMS),
and
secure
retrieval. To mitigate the risks from these
obsolescence,
technology refresh needs to be adopted.
Economic Framework (MEF),
accuracy,
Public Expenditure
Secretariat of Debt Recording
Automated
Information
Customs
System
System
(RAMIS)°,
Online PIT (Personal Income Tax) System.
> RAMIS comprises the Tax Management System, Sales Tax System & Revenue Accounting System.
and
(BACS),
and
the