Google's chairman Eric Schmidt said money would also be given to purchase
"teaching aids, such as Raspberry Pi's or Arduino starter kits".
He said that without investment in the subject, the UK risked "losing a
generation" of scientists.
Mr Schmidt had also previously criticised the country's ICT curriculum.
He had also said the UK was "throwing away its great computing heritage" by
focusing on using software rather than how it was made.
The comments, which were delivered last August at the Edinburgh International Television
Festival, prompted education secretary Michael Gove to revamp the curriculum to
involve programming and other technological skills.
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