[grc] BBC gives children mini-computers in Make it Digital scheme

[Brian Shiratsuki]

By Jane Wakefield
Technology reporter

The BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across the
country as part of its push to make the UK more digital.

One million Micro Bits - a stripped-down computer similar to a
Raspberry Pi - will be given to all pupils starting secondary school
in the autumn term.

The BBC is also launching a season of coding-based programmes and activities...

...As part of its Make it Digital programme, the BBC has also launched
an apprenticeship scheme for 5,000 young unemployed people to boost
their digital skills.

The scheme is the first of its kind to be developed in partnership
with the Department for Work and Pensions.

Radio 1, which is closely involved in the initiative, will offer
top-performing trainees the opportunity to go on to an apprenticeship
at the station...

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