Becta should not have been scrapped, say teachers, IT professionals and analysts

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Decision to abolish IT procurement body is now being criticised from all sides

Over the past week, teachers, analysts, IT professionals and government bodies have all said, independently, that the government's decision to scrap education IT procurement body Becta was a mistak...

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