Question reference: S4W-27290
- Asked by: Alex Salmond, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 2 September 2015
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Current status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 16 September 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to (a) schools and (b) local authorities in North East Scotland to (i) promote the heritage and (ii) help secure the future of the Scots language.
Answer
Education Scotland currently provide Scots language CPD to teachers across Scotland, including in the North East. They have paired nine Scots ambassadors with schools in the North East area and have developed a suite of new Scots language resources for schools, some of which are specifically tailored to the North East variety of Scots.
Following the publication of the Scottish Government’s Scots language policy, we will look to provide practical advice to local authorities, by means of a Scots language plan, on how they can actively encourage and include Scots within their daily activity.