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The '''National Development Programme in Computer Aided Learning''' (NDPCAL) was the earliest government funded education programme in the UK to explore the use of computers for teaching. First proposed to the [[Department of Education and Science]] by the National Council for Educational Technology in 1969 it ran from 1973 to 1977 spending £2.5M to support some 35 projects covering a range of subjects in schools, colleges, universities, industrial and military training.<ref>Hooper R., 1975, Two years On, National Development Programme in Computer Aided Learning, Report of the Director, London: CET</ref>. [[Richard Hooper (civil servant)|Richard Hooper]] was appointed its Director and operated with a small central team and the programme was administered by the Council for Educational Technology .

==Origins==