When did Learning and Teaching Scotland become Education Scotland?

When did Learning and Teaching Scotland become Education Scotland?

On 14 October 2010, Cabinet Secretary for Education Mike Russell announced that Learning and Teaching Scotland would be subsumed, along with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education into a new body named the Scottish Education Quality and Improvement Agency. This was later renamed to Education Scotland.

When did education become compulsory in Scotland?

1872
This act marked a watershed in Scottish education and had an immediate effect on teacher training. For the first time elementary education was made compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 13.

Which nation’s education system was the Scottish education system the model for?

Nationally, the egalitarian ideal of the 1872 Scottish education system was to provide compulsory, free, primary education in public schools. This became the model for New Zealand’s 1877 system.

When did Scotland introduce free education?

The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education, brought the Roman Catholic schools into the state system, and replaced the School Boards with 38 specialist local education authorities. These would be subsumed into local government in 1929.

What is Uncrc Scotland?

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets out the rights every child has. Scotland is in a unique position to make children’s rights part of its laws. This process is called incorporation.

Why is Scottish education important?

Education should open the doors to opportunities which enable children and young people to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors to society. We are determined to improve the life chances of all our children.

What is the purpose of education in Scotland?

What is Scottish education?

Education in Scotland is overseen by the Scottish Government and its executive agency Education Scotland. State schools are owned and operated by the local authorities which act as Education Authorities, and the compulsory phase is divided into primary school and secondary school (often called high school).

When did girls start going to school in Scotland?

The reform of Scottish universities made them major centres of learning and pioneers in the admission of women from 1892. In the 20th century Scottish secondary education expanded, particularly for girls, but the universities began to fall behind those in England and Europe in investment and expansion of numbers.

When did Comprehensive Schools start in Scotland?

1965
In response to this pressure to end selection, the UK government issued two circulars in 1965 which introduced comprehensive secondary schooling: Circular 600 in Scotland (Scottish Education Department (SED), 1965) and Circular 10/65 in England and Wales (Department of Education and Science (DES), 1965).