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💻 Greater Manchester has partnered with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to develop a unique new qualification to help young people acquire essential digital skills and prepare them for a career in the technology sector. The Applied Computing qualification will be made available to secondary school pupils as part of the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate - or MBacc. Designed to be suitable for independent study, the qualification will align to the knowledge and skills appropriate to each stage of the MBacc – from providing fundamental digital skills, all the way through to preparing young people for a career in the digital and tech sector. 🗣 "The Raspberry Pi Foundation does fantastic work teaching young people about computing and how to create using digital technologies," says Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, "and we look forward to working with them to drive forward our technical education ambitions." Read more 👇
