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Farnell and Micro:bit Educational Foundation Achieve Milestone of Providing 10 Million micro:bit Computers Worldwide

Dec 12, 2024over 1 year ago

Contract Type

partnership

Manufacturing

Description

Farnell, in partnership with the Micro:bit Educational Foundation, has reached the significant milestone of manufacturing and distributing more than 10 million BBC micro:bit computers to help young people worldwide discover coding through physical computing. This partnership has supported educators to inspire young minds with digital creativity and has helped reach an estimated 56 million students worldwide.

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Company

Farnell

About

Farnell is a company, an Avnet Company, that has been involved in manufacturing and distributing devices around the world to support the Micro:bit Educational Foundation's work in inspiring young minds with digital creativity.

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