Abbreviation | Becta |
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Formation | 1998 |
Dissolved | dissolved 2011 |
Type | Non-departmental government organisation, charitable limited company |
Purpose | Promotion and integration of ICT in education |
Location |
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Region served | UK |
Chief Executives | Owen Lynch, Stephen Crowne |
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.[1] Government funding was discontinued in March 2011. Becta went into liquidation in April 2011.[2][3]