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Orkney schools ready for new curriculum says Russell
Robert Leslie 30/07/2010 11:40:00
ORKNEY'S secondary schools are in good shape to implement the new
Curriculum for Excellence, according to Scotland's Cabinet Secretary
for Education and Lifelong Learning, Mike Russell.
And Mr Russell, who visited Orkney on Wedesday, was also impressed with
the work of the Positive Parenting Programme in Orkney, and says it is
something the rest of Scotland could learn from.
But at the same time the education secretary, who also met with OIC
chief executive Albert Tait and Convener Stephen Hagan, had a realistic
view of difficult times ahead and tough decisions to be made in the
face of massive budget cuts in the public sector.
After meeting parent councils members regarding the Curriculum for
Excellence, which comes into secondary schools for the first time in
the autumn term, Mr Russell told Orkney Today: "I feel Orkney has been
doing very well. I think the stage of preparedness in the secondary
sector in Orkney is very great and the primary schools are well atuned
to it. In fact the verdict of the inspectorate who have been helping us
to assess readiness is that Orkney is in a very good state of
readiness, that it is going well in primary and as it moves into
secondary it will go well too."
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