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National Council for Educational Technology
AbbreviationNCET
Formation1988
Dissolvedrenamed and restructured as Becta 1998 (1998)
Merger ofMESU and CET
PurposePromotion and integration of ICT in education
Location
  • Millburn Hill Road, Canley, Coventry, England, in the University of Warwick Science Park
Region served
England, Wales, Northern Ireland
Chief Executives
Noel Thompson, Graham Walters (acting), Margaret Bell, Mike Littlewood(acting), Owen Lynch

The National Council for Educational Technology provided advice and support for schools and colleges in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland on educational technology, in particular the use of computers for teaching and learning.

The Department for Education and Science merged the Council for Educational Technology and the MESU in 1989. The civil servant Noel Thompson, who promoted this change, became its first chief executive. It carried out evaluations of new technologies such as CD-ROMs, laptop computers and researched the effectiveness of different methods and techniques. It promoted the use of educational technology through publications, events, TV programmes.

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