UK PRIMARY SCHOOLS could halve their IT budgets it they stopped buying Microsoft software, research carried out by the British Educational Communications and Technology Association ( BECTA ) suggests.

Education rag TES says it has seen a copy of the report which won’t be published until Friday May 13th.

Microsoft is apparently not named in the report, but the research compares IT costs at 33 schools which used paid-for software with costs at those which use free, open-source products.

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TES Article - The Times Educational Supplement