UK Digital Literacy to Receive Major Boost as 57k BBC micro:bit Coding Devices Donated to Primary Schools
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In partnership with Nominet and the Scottish government, 57,000 BBC micro:bit devices will be donated to UK primary schools, alongside comprehensive teaching resources and online Continuing Professional Development courses.
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- In partnership with Nominet and the Scottish government, 57,000 BBC micro:bit devices will be donated to UK primary schools, alongside comprehensive teaching resources and online Continuing Professional Development courses.
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As digital literacy and computing become increasingly important core skills, this major boost to teaching these subjects will see approximately 3,000 UK primary schools receive around 20 devices each. - Having launched in 2016, today there are 6 million BBC micro:bits being used by children all over the world, including most UK secondary schools.
- The Foundation has also seen growing adoption and demand from primary schools to teach 8 11-year-olds with the devices.