Bhutan e-Government Master Plan
3.4.4
ICT for Sectoral Transformation
ICT
is
recognized
as
an
engine
for
social
and
economic
transformation
to
empower and transform the lives by developing
ICT infrastructure, skilled pool of
resource,
communities.
innovative
industries and
empowering
The
advancement
and application of ICT provides limitless opportunities in almost every facet of our
working and social lives. Through the adoption of ICT, the sectors would enhance
the
internal
efficiency
through
improved
service
delivery
and_
interactive
engagement of government, people and business.
The
initial five sectors
identified
for ICT
transformation
are
Education,
Finance,
Health, Agriculture and Tourism.
ICT for Education
With the introduction of an ICT integrated teaching and learning environment, the
education sector will use ICT as a tool to equip teachers, educators and students
with the competencies
and
wide
range
of readily-available
ICT
resources.
The
application of ICT will transform the education practices in the country.
Description
Education
of the
can
initiative to develop
be
found
under
and
Outcome:
implement
the
ICT
Bhutanese
for
a
ICT
Masterplan
for
Information
Society.
ICT for Finance
To
realize
the
infrastructure
to
vision
of
automate
maintaining
and
transparency,a
transform
payment and online tax filing between
entire
Existing diverse systems would
fully
web-based
functional
system
process
government,
be implemented.
thereby
comprehensive
of
procurement,
ICT
e-
business and citizens would
be integrated and upgraded
reducing
turnaround
time
to
and
unnecessary paper work.
ICT for Agriculture and
The emerging
Forestry
ICT enabled technology to guide and utilize the potential of ICT in
addressing the challenges and
operational
Gross
uplifting the livelihoods of people bytransforming
efficiency in agriculture sector.
National
Happiness
areas to help farmers
by providing
It would
contribute towards
relevant agricultural
improve their labor productivity,
realize a better price for their produce.
information
attaining
in rural
increase their yields and