[This article was published in the December 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Its not about the magnificent building with its lush green fields, well-lit ventilated class-rooms, the library, and the mathematical labs.
Heightened global security concerns led the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to set a deadline of 2015 for governments to equip passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. In 2003, ICAO adopted a global plan for the implementation of not just machine-readable passports but also for the use of biometric identifiers in all of its 188 member countries.
