Diplomats meet minister over language fears

Published on Thursday 19 January 2012 00:31

DIPLOMATS have met with the Scottish Government to discuss cuts to the number of foreign language assistants in schools.

Last year it emerged there had been an 80 per cent reduction in native speakers working in Scottish schools amid cuts being made by councils.

Yesterday, minister for learning Alasdair Allan met with the consuls general of France, Germany, Italy and Spain and Austria’s honorary consul.

He said: “We will seek to involve consulates closely in development of our commitment on the 1+2 model for language learning in our schools.”

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Taigh na Croiche

Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 03:30 PM

#1 - good news. Lets look after our own tongues first and then learn others. I speak Gaelic daily but also enjoy using Spanish on occasion and my kids just soak them up.

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True Scot

Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM

never mind -the snp's got their priorities right in the 21st century, with their gaelic language plan

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