Becta

British Educational Communications Technology Agency
Abbreviation	Becta
Formation	1998
Dissolved	dissolved 2011
Type	Non-departmental government organisation, charitable limited company
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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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.