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Becta, originally known as the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, was a non-departmental public body (popularly known as a Quango) funded by the Department for Education and its predecessor departments, in the United Kingdom. It was a charity and a company limited by guarantee. The abolition of Becta was announced in the May 2010 post-election spending review. Government funding was discontinued in March 2011. Becta went into liquidation in April 2011.

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  • Becta
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  • Becta, originally known as the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, was a non-departmental public body (popularly known as a Quango) funded by the Department for Education and its predecessor departments, in the United Kingdom. It was a charity and a company limited by guarantee. The abolition of Becta was announced in the May 2010 post-election spending review. Government funding was discontinued in March 2011. Becta went into liquidation in April 2011. (en)
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  • Promotion and integration of ICT in education
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  • Becta (en)
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  • dissolved (en)
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  • 1998 (xsd:integer)
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  • Owen Lynch, Stephen Crowne (en)
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  • Chief Executives (en)
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  • Millburn Hill Road, Canley, Coventry, UK in the University of Warwick Science Park (en)
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  • British Educational Communications Technology Agency (en)
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  • Promotion and integration of ICT in education (en)
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  • UK (en)
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  • Non-departmental government organisation, charitable limited company (en)
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  • Becta, originally known as the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, was a non-departmental public body (popularly known as a Quango) funded by the Department for Education and its predecessor departments, in the United Kingdom. It was a charity and a company limited by guarantee. The abolition of Becta was announced in the May 2010 post-election spending review. Government funding was discontinued in March 2011. Becta went into liquidation in April 2011. (en)
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  • Becta (en)
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  • British Educational Communications Technology Agency (en)
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