Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 16 March 2016
16 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Education Attainment Gap (Discussions with Headteachers and Stakeholders)
Education and Lifelong Learning
Given the Scottish Government’s clear commitment to close the attainment gap, together with the leadership that has been provided by the First Minister and the cabinet secretary, what further assurance can the cabinet secretary provide that the work of the commission on widening access—particularly its recommendation that one in five students at university should, in future, be from deprived backgrounds—will not be undermined by any attempt by the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council to cut the existing funding available for programmes to support the entry of working class students into university?
In the same item of business
2. Jim Eadie (Edinburgh Southern) (SNP)
SNP
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with headteachers and other stakeholders on closing the education attainment gap. (S4O-05657)
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning (Angela Constance)
SNP
The Government and Education Scotland continually engage with headteachers and local authorities on closing the education attainment gap. Discussions take pl...
Jim Eadie
SNP
Given the Scottish Government’s clear commitment to close the attainment gap, together with the leadership that has been provided by the First Minister and t...
Angela Constance
SNP
I am very clear that there must be no diminution of efforts. In my letter of guidance to the Scottish funding council, I made it very clear that the Scottish...