Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, has voted in favour of legislation which enacts a long-
The
bill passed by the Scottish Parliament promotes Gaelic education by placing a duty
on local councils to assess the need for Gaelic medium primary education following
a parental request and to actively promote the language in schools.
Alasdair Allan,
who is also the Gaelic minister, said: "This legislation ensures that parents throughout
Scotland who want to see a Gaelic medium unit established in their local primary
school, have a formal means by which to pursue this.
"While legislation is by no means everything that is needed to help the Gaelic language,
I hope this piece of new legislation, passed by the parliament will put the rights
of Gaelic in our schools on a much more formal footing than at any time in the past.”
Allan backs more Gaelic education rights
8 February 2016