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Thursday, 22 June 2006, 07:39 GMT 08:39 UK

Pupils make boardroom bid for IT

Child using computer School pupils are to deliver a business pitch to company bosses for £25,000 worth of computer equipment.

Children at Shrivenham primary on the Oxfordshire-Wiltshire border were so fed up with their dated IT facilities, they approached service giant, Serco.

Directors were so impressed at the initiative, they provisionally agreed to stump up corporate sponsorship.

But the condition is that the children must bid for the funding in an event similar to the BBC's Dragon's Den.

The television series involves entrepreneurs pitching their ideas to secure investment.

Shrivenham primary school won a BT Award for Effective Communication Skills in January.

The children will deliver their sales pitch in a Serco boardroom on Thursday.



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