Curriculum For Excellence : Letter from government
When the current Management Board was established in 2008, members, including the SSTA representative, agreed the role of the board was twofold. First, to provide advice to cabinet secretary on aspects of Curriculum for Excellence. Secondly, to work together to ensure effective implementation of decisions made by cabinet secretary. There have been occasions when individual organisations have had reservations about the collective advice agreed by Management Board. However, the view has always been taken that, once decisions are made, the task becomes to implement them as effectively as possible. Members, of course, retain the right, and indeed the duty, to raise concerns about deliverability and to press for action to be taken to address legitimate concerns. In my opinion, a shared commitment to delivery is not consistent with demanding changes to the fundamental principles of Curriculum for Excellence and threatening industrial action. It is therefore with considerable regret that I conclude that SSTA membership of the Management Board is not sustainable in the present circumstances and that your membership of the board is suspended while this threat of industrial action remains.
The Scottish Government