Education

Former first minister calls for a 'shake-up' to the Scottish education system

Jack McConnell says it is “time for honesty and action”

Benefits of keeping schools open outweighs transmission risk says First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon has defended the decision to keep schools open in the 11 council areas going into level four lockdown.

Associate feature: CalMac tackling ageing merchant navy workforce with modern apprenticeship programme

Poor outlook: The Holyrood baby approaches her fourth birthday

Scottish Government prepares for childcare expansion

Almost £300,000 paid out in compensation to teachers and lecturers in last year

Food for thought: battling the effects of child poverty during a funding crisis

A sickening problem: rising absence rates in the public sector

Attainment gap persists in Scottish schools, new figures show

Children’s charities launch manifesto of actions for the next UK Government

PISA: Scottish schools performance in maths and science at record low

More counsellors to provide support to Scottish school pupils

Education and the fourth industrial revolution: a roundtable discussion

Labour pledges free meals for all children ‘365 days a year’

Talking point: Speaking of Gaelic

Systemic change needed to tackle disadvantage in STEM learning, Holyrood committee reports

Child's play: how robots are becoming a part of the classroom

Richard Lochhead: first year back on frontbench ‘has been dominated by Brexit’

Innovation nation: keeping Scotland at the forefront of science and technology research

North Ayrshire Council becomes first local authority to offer free ‘birth to potty’ real nappy packs

Lifelong learning and collaboration key to Scotland's future workforce

Scottish Child Payment ‘will not bring Scotland close’ to child poverty target

MSPs vote overwhelmingly to introduce smacking ban

Associate feature: Bright future for men in early years

Almost 13,000 students studying renewable energy as Scotland upskills for climate emergency

John Swinney officially scraps ‘named person’ plan