Becta

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.

British Educational Communications Technology Agency
AbbreviationBecta
Formation1998
Dissolveddissolved 2011 (2011)
TypeNon-departmental government organisation, charitable limited company
PurposePromotion and integration of ICT in education
Location
  • Millburn Hill Road, Canley, Coventry, UK in the University of Warwick Science Park
Region served
UK
Chief Executives
Owen Lynch, Stephen Crowne
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